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Denpasar – Tight security applied during the establishmentDenpasar – Tight security applied during the establishmentDenpasar – Tight security applied during the establishmentDenpasar – Tight security applied during the establishmentDenpasar – Tight security applied during the establishmentceremony of Bali House Representative members for 2009ceremony of Bali House Representative members for 2009ceremony of Bali House Representative members for 2009ceremony of Bali House Representative members for 2009ceremony of Bali House Representative members for 2009through 2014 period on Sunday August 30through 2014 period on Sunday August 30through 2014 period on Sunday August 30through 2014 period on Sunday August 30through 2014 period on Sunday August 30ththththth 2009. Hundreds 2009. Hundreds 2009. Hundreds 2009. Hundreds 2009. Hundredsof police officers were on guard in the area. The participantsof police officers were on guard in the area. The participantsof police officers were on guard in the area. The participantsof police officers were on guard in the area. The participantsof police officers were on guard in the area. The participantswere being searched thoroughly before entering the building.were being searched thoroughly before entering the building.were being searched thoroughly before entering the building.were being searched thoroughly before entering the building.were being searched thoroughly before entering the building.

There were two examination postsduring the ceremony, started from theyard and entering the main building.Two metal detector doors placed ineach posts. There were approximately400 participants took part in the cer-

emony which establish 55 members ofBali House of Representative.

The ceremony started with “mejaya-jaya” ritual which is the symbol of pu-rification in the local temple.

“PutraRomo”

skipperestablishedas suspect

Denpasar – Based on the inves-tigation conducted by Bali MarinePolice, evidences show that thecarelessness of the skipper of“Putra Romo” boat also contributedin the accident. The “Putra Romo”boat was sinking in Bali strait ap-proximately 5 miles from TriBhuwana Kusamba harbor inKlungkung on Wednesda, August26th 2009.

Gde Sugianyar Dwi Putra, thespokesman of Bali Police Depart-ment, said that from the investiga-tion, the police had established theskipper of “Putra Romo” boat, IKadek Geria, as a supect.

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The member of Bali House of Representative was established on Sunday, August 30th 2009.

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Klungkung – a member of the Search and Rescue Team coor-dinate with his partner in search of the missing victims of the“Putra Romo” boat which sink on Badung strait on Thursday,August 27th 2009.

The former world champion startssixth for today’s race behind pole-sitter Giancarlo Fisichella, JarnoTrulli, Nick Heidfeld, RubensBarrichello and Robert Kubica. Ofthose drivers only Barrichello hasbeen a consistent front-runner andwon the last race at Valencia.

In addition to this, Raikkonen’sis the only car in the top ten equippedwith KERS, which could prove adistinct advantage on the run out of

Raikkonen: Odd gridRaikkonen: Odd gridRaikkonen: Odd gridRaikkonen: Odd gridRaikkonen: Odd gridmakes win possiblemakes win possiblemakes win possiblemakes win possiblemakes win possible

Belgium -Kimi Raikkonen believes the unexpected grid for theBelgium -Kimi Raikkonen believes the unexpected grid for theBelgium -Kimi Raikkonen believes the unexpected grid for theBelgium -Kimi Raikkonen believes the unexpected grid for theBelgium -Kimi Raikkonen believes the unexpected grid for theBelgian Grand Prix could present him with the opportunity to takeBelgian Grand Prix could present him with the opportunity to takeBelgian Grand Prix could present him with the opportunity to takeBelgian Grand Prix could present him with the opportunity to takeBelgian Grand Prix could present him with the opportunity to takeFerrari’s first win of 2009.Ferrari’s first win of 2009.Ferrari’s first win of 2009.Ferrari’s first win of 2009.Ferrari’s first win of 2009.

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Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland reactsat the end of the third free practice ahead of Belgium’s For-mula One Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps circuit , Belgium,Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009.

Belgium - Mercedes-Benz ishoping to reveal its customer engineplans for 2010 at the Italian GrandPrix, amid mounting speculationthat a deal to supply Red Bull Rac-ing has now been agreed.

AUTOSPORT revealed in Aprilthat Red Bull Racing was chasing asupply of Mercedes-Benz enginesfor next year, once its current con-tract with Renault comes to an endlater this season.

It is understood that Red BullRacing’s recent engine problemshave accelerated the moves towardsMercedes-Benz, with an announce-ment on the outcome of those nego-tiations expected imminently.

A Mercedes-Benz deal with RedBull Racing would mean McLaren’sengine partner supplying four teamsin total next year - as Brawn GP andForce India will also receive cus-tomer units.

Mercedes-Benz motorsport bossNorbert Haug told AUTOSPORTthat he could not reveal the detailsof any discussions that his car manu-facturer was having, but said newswould come at the Italian GP in a

Mercedes to sort engine plans by Monzafortnight’s time.

“I definitely will not mention anyteam names,” he explained. “Theseare confidential negotiations, and Ihope by Monza we know everything- so that is a fortnight away. Every-thing should be finalised by then.

“We have talked to various teams,more than one team, and I would likesome understanding that these areconfidential discussions so I cannottalk about it any more.”

F1’s regulations stipulate that anymanufacturer supplying more thantwo teams in F1 needs special dispen-sation from the FIA. Haug confirmedthat his company had received suchapproval to supply four teams.

“We have that in writing, and Ithink the FIA is very interested in amanufacturer who helps in this situ-ation,” he explained. “There are notso many who would jump in and vol-unteer and would want more than onecustomer team, but you have to havethe logistics, you have to have the ca-pacity and you need to build it up.

“We could not have done it twoyears ago, but all in all we build halfthe engines for four teams including

rebuilding that we did for our ownteam two years ago. This is a big, bigefficiency programme. It also helpsrefinancing, but you need to be ab-solutely very lean. I am not surewhether everyone could do that.”

Red Bull Racing team principalChristian Horner said earlier in theBelgian GP weekend that his teamwas close to making a final decisionabout its plans - and that recent en-gine problems would not be the onlyfactor in what his team did.

“We’re obviously in a positionwhere, as an independent team, wehave a choice of engine,” he said.“We’ve been very, very happy withthe supply that we’ve had fromRenault for the last three years.

“Any decision that will be made,will be made not on the outcome of asingle weekend but based on what webelieve offers us the best opportunityof performance and relationship forthe future.

“We haven’t made any firm deci-sions yet, but we’re obviously near-ing a time when we need to make acommitment for next year.”gium,Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009.

La Source on lap one.“It would be stupid to say that I

don’t believe [we can win],” he saidafter qualifying on Saturday. “Weare here to win races, so it is not abig surprise. Yeah, probably wehave a better chance with this kindof grid than one with Red Bulls andBrawns and other teams at the front.“So I think there will be quite a lotof changes at the front tomorrow.”

Raikkonen added that sixth on the

grid was all that was possible fromthe F60 at Spa, but that he expectedthe car to perform better on a heavyfuel load.

“I don’t think we could go muchfaster,” he said. “This is probablythe maximum that we can get, youcan easily see the lap times in lowfuel - we are always a bit behind -but it helps us when we put a bitmore fuel in the car.

“For tomorrow’s race it is defi-nitely looking different to normal,so I think it looks like a more openrace situation than usual. So we willsee what we can do.”

DJ AM autopsyinconclusive; moretests planned

Governmentrejects Malaysianinterest on GWKProject

Lebanon townmakes mincemeatof world record

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On that account, when investorswould like to establish tourism facil-ity at their region, they welcome itconvivially and joyously. If farmersreject the intention, they will be per-suaded and given the same hope: ev-erything could be resolved by tourism.

Only a few people think that Balishould be developed harmoniously. Inother words, tourism may reach its ad-vancement, but other sectors like theagriculture should not be neglected,moreover forgotten. Similarly, the pro-tected forest functioning as water res-ervoir, landslide protector and climaticharmonizer should also be given thesame protection as the agriculture andlake. Because, those implementing theequilibrium system consider the tour-ism sector is unable to grow well if notsupported by agricultural sector, pre-served forest, secure environment andguaranteed security. On that account,the endeavor of a number of regencyin Bali that has provided tax subsidy toagricultural sector locating on the greenbelt zone should be given appreciation.

Villa Development Plan at Wangaya Betan

Accelerates the ShiftAccelerates the ShiftAccelerates the ShiftAccelerates the ShiftAccelerates the Shiftof Land’s Functionof Land’s Functionof Land’s Functionof Land’s Functionof Land’s Function

There is an identical line of thinking among the decision makersThere is an identical line of thinking among the decision makersThere is an identical line of thinking among the decision makersThere is an identical line of thinking among the decision makersThere is an identical line of thinking among the decision makersin Bali. They believe tourism is everything. By the advancement ofin Bali. They believe tourism is everything. By the advancement ofin Bali. They believe tourism is everything. By the advancement ofin Bali. They believe tourism is everything. By the advancement ofin Bali. They believe tourism is everything. By the advancement oftourism they could resolve every single problem, whether it is thetourism they could resolve every single problem, whether it is thetourism they could resolve every single problem, whether it is thetourism they could resolve every single problem, whether it is thetourism they could resolve every single problem, whether it is thepoverty, unemployment or regional revenue. In short, everythingpoverty, unemployment or regional revenue. In short, everythingpoverty, unemployment or regional revenue. In short, everythingpoverty, unemployment or regional revenue. In short, everythingpoverty, unemployment or regional revenue. In short, everythingcould be resolved by tourism.could be resolved by tourism.could be resolved by tourism.could be resolved by tourism.could be resolved by tourism.

However, a question thenarises:”Do you think the agricultureexisting beyond the green belt zone isunimportant?” It is uncertain becausethe fertile land could assure for theavailability of adequate food. There-fore, it is expected that the shift ofland’s function could not be undertakento such fertile land like that intendedfor hotel, villa or other tourism-relatedbuildings. Because, the developmentof villa or hotel at the agricultural areawill accelerate the transfer of land’sfunction like that happened at WangayaBetan Hamlet, Mangesta, Penebel,Tabanan. However, today it only takes18 hectares of land, but there is a pos-sibility the area will be followed byother supporting facilities such as artsshop, restaurant and other promisingfacilities. Economically, the existenceof the project may be advantageous,aside from absorbing the labor force,it also enables to create new livelihoodfor the surrounding community andadditional hotel & restaurant tax. How-ever, this matter will have a bad im-

pact on the environment where the villais established posing an agriculturalzone that will accelerate the transfer ofland’s function and threat the wateravailability. Stagnancy of villa devel-opment at Wangaya Betan is also wor-ried to result in the same fate as otherinvestment that only divided the landand neglected it. Regency Governmentof Tabanan has not given explanationto what extent the investor would begiven time by the Regent. The TabananRegent, Adi Wiryatama, lately admit-ted to recall the investor in order hecould re-affirm about the continuity ofsuch development.

One of the resource persons said thatthere has been a communication be-tween the regent and investor. How-ever, it has not been known yet the at-titude of regency government on thestagnancy of such villa development.Such 18-hectare land released by in-vestor to build a resort and center forhealthcare at Wangaya Betan,Mengesta Village, Penebel remainedunclear up to these days. It did not in-dicate any signs of development projectthough initial work ceremony has beenundertaken. The investor denoting aconsortium of 13 countries seems tofind no obstacles as it has had principlepermit from the Tabanan Regent. (upi) (upi) (upi) (upi) (upi)

Bali PostDenpasar - Public Relation Manager of Aston International, T.

Marlene Frans, accompanied by Sales Coordinator of Aston Kuta,Ingrid Mega, made a visit to the office of Bali Post in Denpasar,Friday August 28th 2009.

Marlene explained her mission to establish a relationship tomass media in Bali, especially the media under the flagship ofBali Post Media Group (KMB) to develop together the tourismsector in Bali.

She also added that Aston Hotel networks existing in Bali allthe times attempts to meet the prevailing requirements and regu-lations in Bali. They were received by the editorial board of BaliPost, International Bali Post, Bali Travel News, Advertising De-partment and Circulation Department. (kmb) (kmb) (kmb) (kmb) (kmb)

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Bali PostSingaraja — Having afflicted a customer of BCA in Ubud, a

robbery act by tire deflating also occurred in Buleleng. AgusMulyadnya, a dweller of Antapura Hamlet, Tejakula Village/subdistrict. was robbed on Jalan Raya of Pemaron Village, Bulelengand he suffered from a loss worth IDR 30 million where the moneywas just withdrawn from Bank BRI of Singaraja Branch.

Spokesperson of Buleleng Resort Police, I Made Sudirsa, Fri-day August 28th 2009 stated that the incident occurred at noon,Thursday August 27th 2009. The incident started when the victimwithdrew his money from BRI of Singaraja Branch around 12:00Local Time. In the passage from the bank, the tire of L300 vehiclewith police number DK 9826 UA he drove got flat tire when ar-rived at road of Pemaron Village. There, the victim replaced therear flat tire.

When he replaced it, he suddenly heard shouts of stealing fromdwellers at his surrounding. Having checked, the door’s lock ofhis car has been damaged and the money put in the car has van-ished. Due to such robbery, he suffered a loss amounting to IDR30 million. Except for taking the money, the robber also broughtalong a Bank BRI deposit book under the name of Putu Kencana.Up to yesterday, the doer remained to be investigated by the appa-ratus of Criminal Researcher Unit of Buleleng Resort Police.(kmb15)(kmb15)(kmb15)(kmb15)(kmb15)

Tire Deflating RobberyTakes Action in Buleleng

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The Hindus conducted purification ritual or “melukat” in Tirta Empul, Gianyar, on Sunday,August 30th 2009.

And a game of high drama endedon a note of even greater controversywith Arsenal manager ArseneWenger dismissed for his protesta-tions that Robin van Persie’s 95th-minute effort had been ruled out be-cause of an offside decision againstWilliams Gallas.

Wenger had earlier seen his goal-keeper Manuel Almunia controver-sially adjudged to have brought downRooney in the 57th minute, a deci-sion that did not please the visitors,especially when the England forwarddusted himself down and scored theresulting kick.

The visitors had had their owndecent first half appeal turned downand their mood worsened in the 63rdminute when United took the leadthrough Diaby’s own goal.

Ryan Giggs’ right-wing free-kickwas aimed at Rooney but Diaby bi-zarrely leapt to head past Almuniafrom six yards out.

Wenger’s team had been full valuefor the lead until that point afterAndrey Arshavin struck in the 40thminute with a quite exceptional fin-ish, moments after he had been de-nied what looked a clear penalty byreferee Mike Dean following a chal-lenge from Darren Fletcher.

Perhaps the midweek incident in-volving Arsenal striker Eduardo,

Diaby’s ownDiaby’s ownDiaby’s ownDiaby’s ownDiaby’s owngoal giftsgoal giftsgoal giftsgoal giftsgoal giftsUnited victoryUnited victoryUnited victoryUnited victoryUnited victoryover Arsenalover Arsenalover Arsenalover Arsenalover Arsenal Agence France Presse

MANCHESTER - A week of penalty controversies continuedMANCHESTER - A week of penalty controversies continuedMANCHESTER - A week of penalty controversies continuedMANCHESTER - A week of penalty controversies continuedMANCHESTER - A week of penalty controversies continuedfor Arsenal at Old Trafford as Wayne Rooney scored a crucialfor Arsenal at Old Trafford as Wayne Rooney scored a crucialfor Arsenal at Old Trafford as Wayne Rooney scored a crucialfor Arsenal at Old Trafford as Wayne Rooney scored a crucialfor Arsenal at Old Trafford as Wayne Rooney scored a crucialequaliser from the spot before Abou Diaby’s own goal gaveequaliser from the spot before Abou Diaby’s own goal gaveequaliser from the spot before Abou Diaby’s own goal gaveequaliser from the spot before Abou Diaby’s own goal gaveequaliser from the spot before Abou Diaby’s own goal gaveManchester United a 2-1 victory over the Gunners on Saturday.Manchester United a 2-1 victory over the Gunners on Saturday.Manchester United a 2-1 victory over the Gunners on Saturday.Manchester United a 2-1 victory over the Gunners on Saturday.Manchester United a 2-1 victory over the Gunners on Saturday.

guilty of a blatant dive which won apenalty decision in the ChampionsLeague game against Celtic, wasweighing upon the subconscious ofthe official. For there was no other ex-planation why Fletcher’s crude slid-ing foul on Arshavin should havegone unpunished, not that the Russianforward spent too long mulling overthe injustice of the decision.

Within seconds, Denilson playeda neat, short pass that Arshavin col-lected midway in the United half and,with the defence inexplicably back-ing away, the Arsenal man was al-lowed to advance to the edge of thehome area before unleashing a fan-tastically judged shot into the left-hand side of the goal.

It was an effort that was just re-ward for a period of superior Arsenalpossession and play following a cau-tious opening from both teams.

Fletcher should have done betterafter 10 minutes when an intelligentpass from Rooney put him clear un-marked on the penalty spot only forthe midfield man to hurry his attemptover the bar. Arsenal should havescored the opening goal when skip-per van Persie missed a golden chancein the 24th minute, taking EmmanuelEboue’s pass in his stride but delay-ing and allowing Patrice Evra to blockhis eventual shot.

AP Photo/Jon Super

Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney, left, fights for the ball against Arsenal’s Thomas Vermaelen,right, during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester,England, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009.

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ROME - Champions InterMilan claimed derby honours byhammering city rivals AC Milan4-0 after Gennaro Gattuso wassent off in the first half.

Milan, and Gattuso in particu-lar, self-destructed in spectacu-lar fashion during a 10-minutefirst half period in a match thatsuggests the loss of Kaka to RealMadrid has hit the red and blackhalf of the city harder than theythought.

Thiago Motta scored his firstgoal for Inter and fellow new-re-cruit from Genoa Diego Militoadded a penalty before Brazilianfull-back Maicon’s strike had allbut ended the contest by half time.

Serbian Dejan Stankovic’s sec-ond half rocket put the gloss onan accomplished performance ascoach Leonardo suffered a mis-erable first derby in charge ofMilan.

Inter coach Jose Mourinhogave a debut to Dutch attackingmidfielder Wesley Sneijder fol-lowing his move from Real.

He showed his worth on sixminutes, testing Milan goalkeeper

Champions Inter hand four-goalmauling to 10-man Milan

Marco Storari with a curling effortfrom outside the box.

On 13 minutes Ronaldinho shouldhave done better when teed up byPato but after skying his shot milesoff target and falling over in the pro-cess, the Brazilian tried claiming apenalty despite there being no con-tact from Stankovic when he trippedover his own feet.

Milan looked lively at that time butthe first goal on 29 minutes changedeverything.

It came from a sweeping teammove on the edge of the Milan boxas Motta fed Samuel Eto’o, whoshifted the ball on to Milito before theArgentine played the ball behind thebackline where Motta, who had con-tinued his forward run, unchecked byeither Mathieu Flamini or MarekJankulovski, curled a shot beyondStorari. Six minutes later and Milanfell to pieces.

From a Milan free-kick Inter brokeat pace with Maicon lumping a longball down the line for Eto’o to chase.The Cameroon forward skinnedGattuso who slung his arm around theInter man’s neck and hauled him downinside the box for a clear professionalfoul.

Inexplicably the referee only

showed Gattuso a yellow card butMilito exacted adequate punish-ment by smashing his penaltyhome, straight down the middle.

Captain Gattuso had already sig-nalled to the bench that he wantedto come off before the goal but hisattempts to leave the field werehampered as substitute ClarenceSeedorf wasn’t ready.

Play continued and on 40 min-utes Gattuso hacked downSneijder, earning a second yellowbefore Seedorf had a chance to en-ter the fray.

Gattuso was irate and blasted hisbench as he trudged off, leaving histeam a man down.

To add insult to injury, Maiconscored a third on the stroke of half-time after a one-two with Milito asFlamini once again failed to tracka forward run.

Stankovic’s howitzer from 25yards halfway through the secondperiod was the final nail in Milan’scoffin but tellingly, the nominalhosts at the San Siro — a groundthe two teams share — had a handin their own downfall as AndreaPirlo failed to close down theSerbian, giving him time and spaceto pick his spot.

Agence France PresseLONDON - Arsenal manager

Arsene Wenger is set to receive an apol-ogy from Premier League referees chiefKeith Hackett following his dismissalin Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to ManchesterUnited.

League Managers Association chiefexecutive Richard Bevan has spokento Hackett about the Old Trafford in-cident which saw Wenger sent to thestands by referee Mike Dean on theadvice of fourth official Lee Probert.

And he has been told that Wengerwill receive an apology from the Pre-mier Game Match Officials Boardwhich appoints officials to top-flightgames in England.

The Gunners boss caught Probert’s

Wenger to receive apologyafter United dismissal

attention when he kicked an empty wa-ter bottle down the touchline followinga disallowed goal for Arsenal in the fi-nal minutes.

On the decision to penalise Wenger,Bevan said: “Although correct in ‘law’,it was completely out of context in thegame and it was followed by the non-sense which followed over whereArsene Wenger should sit.

“I’ve spoken to Keith Hackett andhe fully recognises the situation was anerror and an apology will follow toArsene Wenger.

“Lee Probert totally failed to man-age the situation and created a need-less pressure point taking the focusaway from the pitch in a big event withonly a minute to go.

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Based on the information, the re-veal of his death commenced whenhe did not go home to his house onJalan Pedungan since Wednesday af-ternoon. Though he previously oncetold to have overtime at his office, thestate of he did not go home remainedto make his family worried.

Cleaning service attendant whowould like to cleanse his room in theafternoon saw him working there.Vrisa once rejected the attendantwho wanted to cleanse his room.

Having not gone home for twodays, his younger brother, CokordaBrahma Indarta, decided to look forhis elder brother to the office on Fri-day morning. Accompanied by acleaning service attendant, Indartasaw the bag of his brother lying on

Bali Post

Negara — Up to now, the Japa-nese expatriate gets involved inthe injustice case, KazumiHanamura remains to be in jail ofJembrana Resort Police. Days ofthe Manager of PT Dairin Indo-nesia operating the Megumibottled drinking water companyis now gazing the thickness ofjail’s wall, together with othersuspects.

Hanamura who commenced tolead the Megumi since last Feb-ruary could not speak fluent In-donesian. As consequence, at ev-ery examination he should be ac-companied by an interpreter. As aspecial man to government ofJembrana, Hanamura often gotspecial attention from a numberof officials in the regency govern-ment who knew him.

Since he came into jail ofJembrana Resort Police, a num-ber of officials visited the resort.According to information, thenight after Kazumi was reportedto police, Regional Secretary ofJembrana, I Gede Suinaya, once

Bali Post

Gianyar — Joint team of theArmed Forces, Police and Civil Ser-vant Police Unit of Gianyar Regency,Friday, August 28th 2009, conductedan investigation at the area ofPasdalem early in the morning. Theoperation executed at the location re-lated to the information mentioningthe existence of the wanted terrorist

Bali Post

Denpasar — Having made in-vestigation for one day, the team ofCriminal Researcher of South KutaSector Police finally could revealthe case on the incineration ofYamaha Mio with police numberDK 8180 DT. The motorbike thatwas previously reported to set firewas in fact intentionally burned.The doers have been arrested by theSouth Kuta Sector Police.

Head of the South Kuta SectorPolice, Nanang Prihasmoko, saidthat the suspect namedMohammad Rifky Maulana aliasKiki (15) and Edi Purnomo (19),dwellers staying at a shed on JalanUluwatu Gang Lestari, Jimbaran,South Kuta, Badung. They werecaptured after the police per-formed an intensive investigation.

“We could capture them lastnight (Wednesday, Aug 26—Ed).Now, the suspects remain to be

Due to an Issue of Terrorist Enters Gianyar, Pasdalem Scrutinized

A Civil Servant PoliceA Civil Servant PoliceA Civil Servant PoliceA Civil Servant PoliceA Civil Servant PoliceUnit Dies at BathroomUnit Dies at BathroomUnit Dies at BathroomUnit Dies at BathroomUnit Dies at BathroomBali Post

Denpasar — The Office of Denpasar Civil Servant Police Unit located on Jalan Kecubung Denpasar, FridayAugust 28th 2009 turned into commotion. Because, the Division Head of Tranquility, Protocol Affairs, Enter-tainment and Disputes, Cokorda Raka Vrisa who was 45 years old was found stretching out stiffly in the bath-room of his office on the second floor. His corpse was then brought to Sanglah Hospital to be examined.

the table. Since he heard the soundof flowing water in the bathroom,he approached the closed door ofthe bathroom. When opened, in factVrisa has stretched out stiffly.

“The cleaning service attendantdare not knock at the door of bath-room because it was closed and thewater keeps on flowing,” said oneof the Civil Servant Police Unit ac-companying the corpse to SanglahHospital. A number of officials inthe circle of his office thronged themorgue of Sanglah Hospital. Simi-larly, the Head of Denpasar Officeof Civil Servant Police Unit, IBMBrahma Putra, together with his ap-paratus accompanied him as well.

In the meantime, Coordinator ofForensic Medical Installation Ser-

vices of Sanglah Hospital, DudutRustyadi, justified the existence ofthe case. “We just made an externalexamination. The result indicatedthere were no any marks of physi-cal violences. The victim has diedsome two days before so that it hasbeen found the signs of decay,”Dudut said.

One of the victim’s cousins,Cokorda Alit, said that Vrisa previ-ously looked healthy and in goodcondition. From his marriage withAA Diah Wahyuni were bestowedthree children. Visa’s corpse wasbrought to his home village atKlungkung Royal Palace. “We re-main to discuss about his funeralprocession,” said Cokorda Alit.(kmb24/kmb12)

has entered the Gianyar territory.Investigation was held at 00:30 in-

volved tens of personnel. All com-plexes existing in the Pasdalem areawere frisked. A number of boardinghouses and houses belonging to localdwellers were investigated. Ulti-mately, the target of operation did notgive the expected result. It only en-countered some dwellers that had noidentity of seasonal local migrants.

Information gathered at locationindicated that the issue on the exist-ence of one of the terrorists made thePolice, Armed Forces and Civil Ser-vant Police Unit turn alert that evening.Through coordination, all institutionswere amassed instantly, and they madeinvestigation straightforwardly. How-ever, during the investigation no bodyknew the appearance of the terroristmeant. The apparatus only encoun-

tered some seasonal local migrants andexamined their identity.

Such sudden operation made thedwellers of mosque complex at Pasdalemarea surprised. However, some dwellersinhabiting the Javanese Kampong com-plex, on average, have lived in Gianyarfor so long. Only few of them were newarrivals. They had identity card from theregion of origin, and some had expiredidentity card of Bali and other identity.

Head of Gianyar Resort Police,Putra Astawa, chaired the operationimplied it implicitly. “The control en-deavor performed together with theArmed Forces and Civil Servant Po-lice Unit denotes an anticipative mea-sure against the attack of terrorism. Wewould not like to be neglectful. Simi-lar measures will keep on carrying outin several areas categorized into greyzones,” he explained. (kmb16)

Manager of MegumiSent to Jail

made a visit to Jembrana ResortPolice. This Japanese man whowears glasses was also visited byDivision Head of Population Reg-istration, Manpower, Civil Registra-tion, IGP Sudhiarsa, Thursday, Au-gust 27th 2009.

The Unit Head of Criminal Re-searcher of Jembrana Resort Police,Ketut Suparta, under permission of theHead of Jembrana Resort Police, saidthat his party was investigating thecase pursuant to the existing mecha-nism and procedures. “In addition, wealso remain to develop the case,” hesaid. The striking incident denoted theheight of irritation of such Japaneseman because the employees previ-ously always went home ahead oftime. Meanwhile, the victim himselfwould like to break up the act ofKazumi who would strike anotheremployee. However, the victimWayan Astina was assumed to threathim, so that the victim was struck onleft side of his head until causing torninjury and was given three sutures.Since last Tuesday August 25th 2009,Kazumi was arrested in jail and ac-cused to infringe the Article 351 ofCriminal Codes. (sur)

Doers of Mio MotorbikeIncineration, Arrested

examined by the investigator. A pro-visional result of the investigationshows that the motorbike belongingto Yunianto was intentionally incin-erated,” explained Nanang to journal-ists, Thursday August 27th 2009.

It was said that such incident tookplace in the shed on Jalan UluwatuI Gang Lestari #26X, South Kuta,Tuesday August 25th 2009 at 02:00Local Time. The doers deliberatelypoured kerosene to the motorbike ofthe victim. Afterward, the doers ig-nited a lighter and incinerated it. Im-mediately, the flames spread andburned the entire motorbike.

Incident of the motorbike incinera-tion promptly made the owner surprised.He extinguished it accompanied by sur-rounding dwellers. Furthermore, thecase of motorbike incineration was re-ported to South Kuta Sector Police.Head of the Sector Police Nanang ex-plained that the motif of the incident waspersonal revenge. “The two doers havebeen arrested,” he ended. (kmb21)

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The body of the Division Head of Tranquility, Protocol Affairs, Entertainment and Disputes,Cokorda Raka Vrisa, 45 years old, carried to the Sanglah hospital.

The year’s final Grand Slamtournament commences on theFlushing Meadows hardcourtsMonday with former world numberone Kim Clijsters of Belgium fac-ing Ukraine’s Viktoriya Kutuzova inthe first match at Arthur Ashe Sta-dium.

Clijsters is making her first USOpen appearance since winning the2005 women’s title, her only GrandSlam crown. She returned to thecourt earlier this month after a lay-off of more than two years to start afamily.

Federer, who has won the pastfive US Open men’s titles and hasnot lost at the US Open since thefourth round in 2003, begins hisquest for six in a row against 18-year-old American Devin Britton inthe second match at Ashe.

“Doesn’t matter who you play,where you play. If you think the guyis not going to make a game that’sabsurd,” Federer said. “That’s howtennis is. You have to be very care-ful. I have to make sure I put in a


MADRID - Jamaican sprint kingUsain Bolt is becoming a fan ofSpanish football after watchingReal Madrid’s season-opening winover Deportivo La Coruna on Sat-urday night - but adds ManchesterUnited remain the team for him.

“I support Manchester United in


SYDNEY - French doubleOlympic champion Julien Absalonwill be vying for his fifth world titleat this week’s UCI mountain bikeworld championships in Canberra.

Absalon, 29, who became thefirst rider to defend the men’sOlympic cross country title inBeijing last year, ranks as a giantof the sport as a four-time worldchampion, from 2004 to 2007.

He gets his chance to make itfive in the elite cross country eventin the Stromlo Forest Park circuiton the outskirts of Australia’s na-tional capital.

Absalon kept the gold in Frenchhands for a third straight Olympicswhen he led compatriot Jean-Christophe Peraud and Swiss pairNino Schurter and world championChristoph Sauser home last year.

Sauser, who has 14 World Cupwins and claimed the World Cupchampion title in 2004 and 2005,will be fighting hard to retain theworld crown he won in Val di Sole,Italy, last year.

Spain’s Margarita Fullana is thereigning world champion in thewomen’s elite cross country andwill be defending her title against

Absalon, Sauser battle forworld cross country crown

Olympic champion Sabine Spitzof Germany.

Fullana was denied victory inthe 2007 world championships atFort William, Scotland, when apre-race medical blood screeningrevealed a red blood cell counthigher than acceptable levels.

But she went on to become thecross country world champion lastyear.

Spitz overcame a technicallydifficult course and searing tem-peratures to win the women’sOlympic mountain bike crosscountry gold last year fromPoland’s Maja Wloszczowska andRussian Irina Kalentieva, both inCanberra for the world champi-onships.

Britain’s Gee Atherton is thereigning world champion in thenon-Olympic men’s elite down-hill event, while his sister, Rachel,will not get a chance to chance todefend her women’s world title.

She is recovering from shoul-der surgery after being hit by atruck while training in Californiaearlier this year.

A total of 41 nations will berepresented over six days of com-petition from Tuesday in crosscountry, downhill, 4X and trials.

AP Photo/Paul White

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt poses after a press conferenceat the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Sunday Aug. 30,2009. The Jamaican athlete who pulverized the 100 and 200-meter world records in Berlin is visiting Madrid this weekendand will travel to London Monday.

Spaniards pique Bolt interest butUnited remain real deal

the English League. I am now a fanof Real Madrid. (Ruud) vanNistelrooy has always been one ofmy favorites,” said Bolt afterwardsas he met reporters at the Bernabeustadium, an arena which clearlyimpressed him.

“I was very nervous on the pitch,for the first time in my life, I hadnever been there before... the crowd

was overwhelming. I could playfootball, cricket or basket-ball. If Ichange sport, I’ll pick up easily,”said Bolt.

Real chairman Florentino Perezoffered Bolt a model of the stadiumas a gift afterwards.

After the game, Bolt went fordinner with new Real star andformer United kingpin CristianoRonaldo and his family.

Bolt will compete Friday inBrussels before heading home toJamaica before he attends the GrandPrix finale on September 12-13 inSalonika in Greece.

He added he had not yet assessedwhat his calendar would be for 2010though he expects to chase downmore world records, including beat-ing his 100m mark of 9.58, set atthe worlds in Berlin earlier thismonth.

“I want to be a legend in the sportand stay there for a long time,” saidBolt, who revealed his interest infootball stems from playing atschool and high school “as a de-fender or a defensive midfielder.”

Looking ahead he said he intendsto “keep working with my coach onimprovements to run faster. Thisyear we worked on my start and Iimproved a lot in Berlin.”

AP Photo/Frank Franklin II

Federer, Williams sisters amongFederer, Williams sisters amongFederer, Williams sisters amongFederer, Williams sisters amongFederer, Williams sisters amongUS Open first-day matchesUS Open first-day matchesUS Open first-day matchesUS Open first-day matchesUS Open first-day matchesAgence France Presse

NEW YORK - Reigning US Open champions Roger Federer and Serena Williams will begin defendingtheir titles on Monday as an opening-day match list released Saturday also had Venus Williams and AndyRoddick at night.

good performance.”Federer recalled being shocked

at 17 when he faced Andre Agassiin his hometown of Basel, so he canrelate to Britton’s situation.

“You try to enjoy it, put in a goodfight,” Federer said. “Best-of-five-set match is maybe somethingBritton has never played before, buta good thing in tennis is you alwayshave a chance.”

US fifth seed Andy Roddick’sadvice for Britton was to find waysto help cope with a signature mo-ment on the big stage.

“There’s nothing like going outon that court and playing,” Roddicksaid. “I would him to be sure to havea look around when he walks outon the court, take it all in before yougo start warmup so you don’t catchyourself looking around too much

when you start.”Serena Williams, who won her

11th career Slam title last month atWimbledon, begins her quest for afourth US Open title in the follow-ing match against American AlexaGlatch.

The main court’s night sessionstarts with US third seed VenusWilliams meeting Russia’s VeraDushevina followed by men’s fifthseed Roddick facing Germany’sBjorn Phau.

US Open officials have said theyplan to stage a women’s match af-ter a men’s match at some pointduring the Flushing Meadows fort-night.

Men usually play the latermatches in part because they arebest-of-five compared to the best-of-three on the women’s side.

Serena Williams, right, and Roger Federer, of Switzerland,pose for photographs during a news conference to promotethe U.S. Open tennis tournament on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009

in New York.

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TRIPOLI - Libyan leaderMoamer Kadhafi, who celebrates40 years in power on Tuesday, hasimposed himself as a key interna-tional player the West cannot ig-nore despite his decades-long im-age of political pariah.

As a young colonel, Kadhafi onSeptember 1, 1969, led a coupoverthrowing the Western-backedelderly King Idriss, and quicklyestablished himself as a belliger-ent, unpredictable and flamboyantleader of the oil-rich nation.

Reputedly born in a Bedouintent in the desert near Sirte in1942, Kadhafi alienated the Westsoon after seizing power, accusingit of launching a “new crusade”


BERLIN - Germany’s SocialDemocrats hope to wrest twostates from Chancellor AngelaMerkel’s conservatives in pollsSunday and slow her formidablemomentum toward a second termin next month’s general election.

The Social Democrats, juniorpartners in Merkel’s fractious left-right government, are gunning forruling majorities in two of threestate elections and dreaming ofturning the tide ahead of the Sep-tember 27 national poll.

Some 6.2 million voters arecalled to cast ballots in the ex-communist eastern states ofSaxony and Thuringia andSaarland on the French border.

The polls come at the end of atough week for Merkel, amid tur-moil over the future of automakerOpel, sniping between her conser-vatives and their favoured coali-tion partners, the pro-businessFree Democrats (FDP), and a flap

Hundreds of people queued upin front of schools turned into poll-ing stations in several districts of thecapital Libreville which opened twohours late. The election could keepthe presidency in the hands ofBongo’s family, with his son andformer defence minister Ali Bongo,50, favoured to come out on topagainst 17 other candidates.

Omar Bongo, 73, had beenAfrica’s longest serving ruler, and


COPENHAGEN - A Saudi law-yer has demanded a public apologyfrom a number of Danish dailies thatreprinted a controversial cartoon ofProphet Mohammed in February2008, Danish media reported onSunday.

The lawyer, identified as FaisalA.Z. Yamani from Jeddah, sent anemail to the newspapers that repub-lished the drawing first printed in2005 and demanded that they printan apology by the end of Septem-ber, Danish news agency Ritzau re-ported.

“It should be a clear, public and

Setbacks loom for Merkel partyin general election warm-up

over a dinner she held forGermany’s top banker.

Merkel’s Christian Union(CDU/CSU) is leading the SocialDemocrats (SPD) at the nationallevel by an around 15-point mar-gin.

But polls show the conserva-tives may lose power in Thuringiaand Saarland while holding ontothe state house in Saxony.

The Social Democrats say theyare prepared to take over by enter-ing into alliances with the far-leftDie Linke, a relatively new politi-cal party comprised of disaffectedSPD members and former EastGerman communists.

“Red-red” coalitions are com-mon in the east of the reunitedcountry but have been taboo in thewest, where many see Die Linkeas too radical and tainted by its his-torical links with the party thatbuilt the Berlin Wall.

Saarland would be the firstwestern state to see such a govern-ing alliance.

Kadhafifrom bad boy to keyplayer on world stage

against the Arabs.His idol was Egyptian president

and fervent Arab nationalist GamalAbdel Nasser, and he has variouslydeclared himself a fan of MaoZedong, Stalin and even Hitler.

Libya was for decades linked toa spate of terrorist attacks the worldover, with Kadhafi also being ac-cused of using Libya’s oil wealth— the country is Africa’s thirdlargest producer after Nigeria andAngola — to fund and arm rebelgroups across Africa and beyond.

Libya became an internationalpariah in the aftermath of the 1988Lockerbie airliner bombing but re-lations began to thaw when itagreed in 2003 to pay compensa-tion to the families of the 270people who were killed. Saudi lawyer seeks apology over

Danish Mohammed rowunconditional apology for the of-fence and harm caused by theirnewspaper,” Yamani wrote, demand-ing that the statement appear in thefirst three pages of the newspaperand in four languages, Danish,French, English and Arabic.

The caricature features ProphetMohammed’s head with a turbandesigned to look like a bomb with alit fuse.

It was one of 12 cartoons firstpublished in a Danish newspaper in2005 and which sparked violent pro-tests across the Muslim world inearly 2006.

It was reprinted in mid-February2008 by some 17 newspapers after

Danish police foiled an alleged plotto kill the cartoonist, again trigger-ing angry reactions in numerousMuslim countries.

Yamani suggested in the emailthat Danish interests in the MiddleEast could suffer if an apology wasnot forthcoming.

Danish products have been boy-cotted in some Middle Eastern coun-tries in recent years because of thedispute.

The Danish newspapers’ associa-tion, Danske Dagblades Forening,said it would consult the foreign andjustice ministry next week, and con-tact Danish newspapers to see howmany had received the email.

Gabon votes to pickGabon votes to pickGabon votes to pickGabon votes to pickGabon votes to picklate leader’s successorlate leader’s successorlate leader’s successorlate leader’s successorlate leader’s successorAgence France-Presse

LIBREVILLE - Gabonese voters stood in long lines Sunday to picka successor to Omar Bongo Ondimba, who ruled the oil-rich nationfor 41 years before his death in June.

opposition candidates have pledgedto end what they call deep-rootedcorruption as well as bring about agreater distribution of resources.

Meanwhile, Ali Bongo, whoboasts the backing of the rulingGabonese Democratic Party and ahuge campaign war chest, has bothdefended his father’s legacy and la-beled detractors turncoats while alsopledging change.

“It’s not contradictory — not at

all,” he told AFP while attending afinal campaign rally on Saturday.

Pointing to thousands of support-ers chanting his name, he said,“How could I not be confident?”

Gabon is sub-Saharan Africa’sfourth biggest oil producer, theworld’s third biggest provider ofmanganese, a metal with industrialmetal alloy uses, particularly in stain-less steels, and Africa’s second big-gest wood exporter. But an estimated60 percent of the population of 1.5million live below the poverty line.

Though candidates have decriedthe lack of development in the westAfrican nation, several served in thegovernment for years.

AFP PHOTO/ ISSOUF SANOGO

A woman cast her vote at a polling station in Libreville on August 30, 2009. The election could keep thepresidency in the hands of Bongo’s family, with his son and former defence minister Ali Bongo, 50, favouredto come out on top against 17 other candidates. More than 300 observers have been accredited for thevote, including from the African Union, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference and a global groupingof francophone countries.

AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD TURKIA

A picture taken on April 15, 2007 shows Libyan Leader MoamerKadhafi during a ceremony in Tripoli to mark the 21st anniversaryof the US attack on Libya.

Chances are you are dealing witha brand based in Singapore, the af-fluent city-state that has broken be-yond its compact size to become aregional economic powerhouse.

With the global economy appar-ently on the mend, Singapore Inc. isall set to reap the benefits of stepped-up spending by Asia’s middle andupper classes in the coming years.

Singapore Airlines has long beenan iconic brand, but newer nameslike resort and spa operator BanyanTree have established themselves astop-tier players in the region, andtheir ambitions go even further.

“From the very beginning whenwe created Banyan Tree, we said thatwe needed to be a global company,”the firm’s founder and executivechairman Ho Kwon Ping said at arecent news conference. “If youdon’t globalise... you eventuallystagnate,” he added.

Conceived in Singapore and bornon the territory of an abandoned tinmine on the Thai island of Phuket15 years ago, Banyan Tree has es-tablished itself as a leading luxuryhospitality chain rivaling the likes of


TOKYO - Japan’s politicianshave been trying to drum up elec-tion fever this summer, but follow-ers of a growing craze are more ex-cited about strongmen who havebeen dead for centuries — samuraiwarriors.

A mania over feudal warlordshas been sweeping Japan, captur-ing the imagination of many in away that grey-suited lawmakers canonly dream of as they brave thesweltering dog days ahead of anelection on Sunday.

Japan’s medieval knights havebecome all the rage, battling it outin video games, on cinema screensand in manga comics as sexysword-wielding hunks.

Sales of their biographies havesurged, their family coats of armshave been snapped up as luckycharms, and their former castles arebeing besieged by legions of fansyearning for a brush with Japan’slong-gone martial noblemen.

Samurai figures now beckonfrom cellphone wallpapers, and thewives of famous warrior-lords havebecome the stars of high-rating his-torical TV dramas.

The general history magazine“Rekishi Kaido” (“History Road”)has run cover stories on samurailords almost every month for thepast year.

The history fad — worth 745million dollars a year, according toDai-ichi Life Research Instituteeconomist Toshihiro Nagahama —has been driven by hit video gamesand the A-List casts of popularsamurai television dramas.

But some social observers alsosay the trend reflects a deeperyearning for potent leaders in acountry fatigued by recession anduninspired by a bland political sys-tem dominated by two centristmainstream parties.

In testing times like these,“people tend to turn to strong sym-bolic figures on whom they can

RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE AFP PHOTO / HO / Banyan Tree Resorts

This handout picture provided by Banyan Tree Resort on August 14, 2009 shows a resort in Mayakoba,Mexico. Next time you stay in a luxury resort, buy a loaf of bread, open a bank account, sit on a massagechair, grab a sushi or sip a beer anywhere in Asia, check the company’s country of origin. Chances are youare dealing with a brand based in Singapore, the affluent city-state that has broken beyond its compactsize to become a regional economic powerhouse.

From beer to banks,From beer to banks,From beer to banks,From beer to banks,From beer to banks,Singapore Inc.Singapore Inc.Singapore Inc.Singapore Inc.Singapore Inc.expands across Asiaexpands across Asiaexpands across Asiaexpands across Asiaexpands across AsiaAgence France Presse

SINGAPORE - Next time you stay in a luxury resort, buy a loaf ofbread, open a bank account, sit on a massage chair, grab a sushi or sipa beer anywhere in Asia, check the company’s country of origin.

Four Seasons.It is working to spread its formula

of Asian romance, rejuvenation andsensuality to other continents withexclusive properties costing as muchas 3,300 US dollars a night to stay in.

Over the next 12 months, thechain expects to open resorts in theUnited Arab Emirates as well asAcapulco, Mexico.

Other Singaporean companies areenjoying similar success throughoutthe Asian region, establishing them-selves in a diverse field of industries.

OSIM, a maker of electronic mas-sage chairs and other lifestyle prod-ucts like air purifiers, has over 1,100outlets spread across 28 countriesconcentrated mainly in the region.

“Singapore is a small countrywith a small domestic market, there-fore it is critical for us to grow anexternal economy with Hong Kong,Taiwan, Malaysia and now China,”OSIM founder and chief executiveRon Sim told AFP.

“Going forward, we believe thatKorea and Japan are markets we arelooking forward to, and India willbe key too,” he said.

Budget carrier Tiger Airways isalso becoming a mainstay in thetravel industry, having established awide network across the Asia-Pa-cific region with flights to 19 desti-nations from Singapore.

“Asia remains a priority,” saidRosalynn Tay, Tiger Airways’ man-aging director for Singapore.

“The region has a large popula-tion base and air transport remainsthe most practical mode of trans-port.”

It is not to be mistaken for TigerBeer, now one of the most popularbeverages in Southeast Asia.

First brewed locally in 1932when Singapore was still under Brit-ish colonial rule, it has won overdrinkers beyond the region thanksto aggressive marketing and expan-sion of brewing operations to keymarkets.

Bakery chain BreadTalk, whichgained instant success at home withits freshly baked buns, has movedon to build a loyal base of custom-ers in Indonesia, the Philippines,China and Hong Kong.

Sakae Sushi, a restaurant thatserves affordable Japanese food onconveyor belts, now has more than70 outlets throughout the region in-cluding the main cities of Indone-sia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philip-pines and China.

In testing times, samuraicraze sweeps Japan

project their ideals,” said HidekiNakagawa, a Nihon University so-ciology professor and an expert onpop culture.

What started out as a trendamong video game nerds eruptedinto a mainstream craze this yearafter young women latched onto it.Japanese media quickly found a la-bel for them — “rekijo,” or femalehistory geeks.

In a society where market re-searchers recently identified a newmale demographic as passive ‘her-bivores’, “women seek ‘super car-nivorous males’,” said IchiyaNakamura, a media and pop cultureresearcher at Keio University.

“The warlords were differentfrom the cold-eyed, dispassionateJapanese men of today,” he said.“They stood out because of theirstrong personalities.”

In a store dedicated to samuraibooks and paraphernalia, a 17-year-old female fan agreed wholeheart-edly, gushing that the “warlords sac-rificed themselves for justice and toprotect the people.” Now, shescoffed, “politics purely serves theinterests of politicians.”

Currently hip warlords includeOda Nobunaga, the first leader tobring Japan under unified rule, andDate Masamune, dubbed the “One-Eyed Dragon” after his solitary eyeand known for his iconic helmetwith a blade-like crescent.

“We are in an era that lacks politi-cians with strong resolve,” saidFumikazu Oyama, 39, browsingthrough a bookstore specialising in theSengoku or Warring States Period,which lasted from the 15th to the 17thcenturies. “They only procrastinateand delay solving problems.”

“Japan will surely worsen if thissituation continues,” he added, leaf-ing through samurai biographies ina section labelled “The Male Re-solve.”

At the Tokyo bookstore Jidaiyasales of samurai biographies havejumped 10-fold over the past year,a spokeswoman said.

AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA

Bookstore Jidaiya mistress Misuzu Omae (R) and a shop clerk wear-ing Samurai warrior armour (L) pose at the entrance of the shop inTokyo on August 1, 2009. A mania over feudal warlords has beensweeping Japan, capturing the imagination of many in a way thatgrey-suited lawmakers can only dream of as they campaign in thesweltering summer days ahead of August 30 polls.

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Denpasar

There are 4 major hospitals usually used by foreigners -Denpasar General Hospital(RSUP Sanglah), Kasih Ibu Hospital, Rumah Sakit Wongayaand Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada.

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Itsfacilities have improved since the emergency ward had beenbuilt in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become aproblem anymore since it has complete equipments. It islocated on Jl. KesehatanSelatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with :Phone : 227 911 – 15Fax : 226 363

Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters forless serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, ane-mia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equippedto care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl.Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar.Phone : 223 036Fax : 268 690.

Rumah Sakit Wongaya (Public Hospital; Psychiatric Unit)Jl. Kartini, Denpasar.Phone : 222 142.

Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada , (Private)Jl. Sudirman No 50, DenpasarPhone : 227 560, 234 824

In relating with health, Bali also has insurance and medicalevacuation company, thatis:AEA International - SOS Assistance Bali.PT Abhaya Eka Astiti, Jl. By Pass Ngurah RaiNo. 24X, Kuta 80361.Phone : 755 768 Fax : 755 768One thing that should be noted by tourists here is that theBlood Bank in Bali normally carries no stock of Rhesus (Rh)Negative blood.

Badung

Bali Medical ClinicsThere are some medical clinics that are well known by for-eigners in Bali. Some of them are western owned and oper-ated :

Bali International Medical Center (BIMC)Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) provides excel-lent Primary Health Care & Emeregency Medical Servicesfor tourists, traveler, and expatriate living in Bali.Emeregency Room, Ambulance, Clinic Services, Insurance& Medical Evacuations also available. Open 24 hours Phone: 761 2631. Located Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No.100X, Kuta,Bali 80361 - Indonesia. http://www.bimcbali.com

International SOS Clinic BaliOpened in 1999, offers International SOS members and visi-tors to Bali comprehensive primary health care and 24-houremergency medical service.Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai 505X, Kuta 80361, Bali - IndonesiaPhone : 720 100 Fax : 721 919E-mail : [email protected] ://www.sos-bali.com

Bali Nusa Dua Emergency ClinicJl Pratama No. 81 Phone : 771 324

Kuta ClinicJl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268

Dental ClinicDr Indra Guizot, Jl. Patimura 19, DenpasarPhone : 222 445, 234 375

DDS. Ritjie Rihartinah, Jl Pratama No. 81Nusa Dua Phone : 771 324

Retno W. Agung, Jln. Bypass Ngurah Rai No.4ABr. Tamansari – Sanur Phone : 288 501

Australian Consulate GeneralJalan Tantular 32 Renon DenpasarPhone: +62 361 241118Fax: +62 361 221195 (General) +62 361 241120 (Immigration)

Royal Danish & NorwegianMimpi Resort Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 070

The Czech RepublicJalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.286 465

France Consulate AgencyJalan Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.285 485

The Federal Republic of GermanyJalan Pantai Karang No 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.288 535

The Republic of HungaryJalan By Pass No 219 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.287 701

Italian ConsulateJalan By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 005

Honorary Consulate of MexicoJalan Mohamad Yamin 1 A, Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.223 266

Honorary Consulate of The NetherlandsJalan Raya Kuta 127, BaliPhone +62.361.761 506

Honorary Consulate of SpainKomplek Istana Kuta Galleria Blok Vallet 2 No 11. JalanPatih Jelantik Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.769 286

USA Consulate AgencyJalan Hayam Wuruk No. 188 Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.222 426

Consulate General of JapanJalan Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.227 628

Honorary Consulate of BritishJalan Tirta Nadi No. 20 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.270 601

Swiss and Austria ConsulateJalan Patih Jelantik, Komplek Pertokoan IstanaGalleriaPhone +62.361.751 735

Honorary Consulate of BrazilJalan Legian No. 186, BaliPhone +62.361.757 775

Honorary Consulate of ThailandJalan Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.263 310

Embassy of IndiaJalan Raya Puputan Renon 42-44, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.241 978

Honorary Consulate of Sweden anf FinlandSegara Village Hotel, Jalan Segara Ayu, Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.282 223

Honorary Consulate of MalaysiaAlam Kulkul Boutique Resort, Jalan Pantai Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.752 520

Bangli

Bangli General HospitalJl. Kesumayuda 27, BangliPhone : +62 366 91521

Gianyar

Clinic MasJl. Raya Mas, UbudPhone : +62 361 974573

Toyo ClinicJl. Pengosekan, UbudPhone : +62 361 978078

Permata Bunda ClinicJl. Patih Jelantik 50 X, GianyarPhone : +62 361 942082

Ubud ClinicJl Raya Ubud No.36 Campuhan, UbudPhone : +62 361 974911

Gianyar General HospitalJl. Ciung Wanara 2, GianyarPhone : +62 361 943049

Karangasem

Karangasem General HospitalJl. Ngurah Rai, KarangasemPhone : +62 363 21001

Klungkung

Klungkung General HospitalJl. Flamboyan 40-4, KlungkungPhone : +62 366 21371

Negara

Negara General HospitalJl. Gelar, NegaraPhone : +62 365 41006

Tabanan

Laboratorium ClinicJl. Gunung semeru No. 8, TabananPhone : +62 361 819260

Mengwi ClinicJl. I Gusti Ngurah Rai 46, TabananPhone : +62 361 880550

Darma Kerti HospitalJl. Teratai 16, TabananPhone : +62 361 812359

Tabanan General HospitalJl. Pahlawan 14, TabananPhone : +62 361 811027

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An autopsy Saturday of the 36-year-old was inconclusive, said thespokeswoman, Ellen Borakove.

A law enforcement official told TheAssociated Press that police found acrack pipe and prescription pills in theapartment where they discovered DJAM’s body Friday evening. The offi-cial spoke to The Associated Press oncondition of anonymity because theinvestigation was ongoing.

DJ AM, whose real name wasAdam Goldstein, had openly dis-cussed past addictions to crack co-caine, Ecstasy and other drugs. InOctober, MTV was to debut his re-ality show, “Gone Too Far,” inwhich he and concerned familiesstaged interventions for drug abus-


VIENNA – Quentin Tarantino’snew film “Inglourious Basterds”about a Jewish militia that killedand scalped Nazis in World War IIis not as far-fetched as it mightsound.

In fact, there was a real-lifesquadron of Jewish soldiers whohunted down SS officers in Austriaimmediately after the war in anoperation called “Nakam” (ven-geance in Hebrew), according toone of the troop’s last survivors, 88-year-old Chaim Miller.

“We operated in the south ofAustria in the days just after the warended,” the Vienna-born Israeli toldAFP via telephone from a Kibbutznear Jerusalem.

“We were soldiers in the JewishBrigade group of the British armystationed in Tarvisio, Italy, close tothe Austrian border. Yugoslav par-tisans had given us lists of namesof Nazi criminals and so we wentin groups of three to secretly searchthem out,” Miller recalled.

“At first they thought they weresimply dealing with the Britishmilitary police. They got a shock

Associated Press Writer

MEXICO CITY – They say theybeat it. Thousands of Mexicansclaimed they broke the record formost people dancing to “Thriller”simultaneously in one place on Sat-urday, which would have beenMichael Jackson’s 51st birthday.

“We did it!” organizer JavierHildago shouted to thousands ofpeople wearing black fedoras,white gloves, aviator shades andghoulish face paint, breathless af-ter trying to recreate thegroundbreaking 1983 video. Did

AP Photo/David KarpThe body of Adam Goldstein, a celebrity disc jockey known as DJ AM is removed from his apartmentbuilding in New York, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. DJ AM, the sought-after disc jockey who became a celebrity inhis own right with high-profile romances and a glamorous lifestyle and survived a plane crash just monthsago, was found dead in his apartment Friday. He had a history of drug problems.

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NEW YORK – Authorities will need to conduct toxicology tests,expected to take weeks, to determine what killed celebrity disc jockeyDJ AM, a medical examiner’s office spokeswoman said Saturday.

ers. MTV hasn’t said whetherGoldstein’s show will air.

In an interview with the AP lastmonth, he said the show provided a“terrifying” reminder of his own ad-diction. “I have to constantly remindmyself why I’m here and rememberwhat it was like,” he said.

Goldstein rose to fame several yearsago as a deejay known for his mashups— blends of at least two songs. He per-formed in clubs, on concert stages andat exclusive Hollywood parties. Hispersonal life also garnered attention, ashe dated actress-singer Mandy Mooreand reality TV star Nicole Richie, thedaughter of singer Lionel Richie.

Goldstein was critically hurt in aplane crash last September in Colum-

bia, S.C., that killed four people. Hewas flying in a Learjet after a perfor-mance with Travis Barker, a drum-mer for the pop-punk band Blink-182and Goldstein’s partner in the duoTRVSDJ-AM. Barker and Goldsteinwere burned. Goldstein had to getskin graft surgery but resumed per-forming about a month later. He toldthe AP he felt blessed to have survivedbut was still shaken by the crash.

“I guess I get why they call it‘post-trauma,’ because it was verytough. I have really bad days, and Ihave really OK days,” he said.

His body was found after a friendcalled police to say he was unableto get into the home in New YorkCity’s trendy SoHo neighborhood.Paramedics had to break down thedoor before they found him, shirtlessand wearing sweatpants, in his bedaround 5:20 p.m. on Friday, the lawenforcement official said. There wasno evidence of foul play.

‘Operation Nakam’: truestory behind Tarantino’s film

when we later showed them ourStars of David. But by then, it wasalready too late for them,” he said.

“We took them to some woodson the Italian side, gave them a‘hearing’ for half an hour and thenexplained to them they’d pay. Theyremained in the woods forever,”Miller said.

“I participated in a number ofactions of this type and severalother groups worked in the sameway.”

Historians are divided about theexact number of executions carriedout in the operation, which wascoordinated by the future chief ofstaff of the Israeli army, ChaimLaskov, with estimates rangingfrom 100 to 300.

Born Alfred Mueller in 1921 inin a working-class neighbourhoodin Vienna, Chaim Miller emigratedto Palestine in February 1939 afterthe Nazi annexation of Austria. Hisparents stayed in Vienna and weremurdered in the Holocaust.

In Palestine, Mueller joined thesecret Jewish defence army Haganahand the “German Platoon” whichconsisted of 40 German-speakingJews with Aryan looks who wouldinfiltrate and operate behind Germanlines should the Germans everthreaten to take Palestine.

“In preparation, we underwentthe perfect German soldier’s deserttraining, with weapons, uniformsand even learned to sing theWehrmacht songs,” Miller recalled.

Erwin Rommel’s defeat in August1942 rendered the project obsolete.But most of the soldiers of the “Ger-man Platoon”, which was eventuallyintegrated into the Jewish Brigade ofthe 8th British army, took part in Op-eration Nakam in 1945.

“We were driven by a desire forrevenge. We knew that the over-whelming majority of SS criminalswould never be brought to justice,”Miller said.

Winfried Garscha, historian atVienna’s DOeW or DocumentationCentre of Austrian Resistance, con-firmed this: “At most, only around10-15 percent of those guilty ofNazi crimes were sentenced at theend of the war, in Austria, Germanyand in Italy,” he told AFP.

AFP/HO/FileChief of staff of the Israeli armyChaim Laskov is seen posing fora photo in 1958. Historians be-lieve Laskov was involved in mi-litia operations to kill Nazis inWorld War II, as portrayed inQuentin Tarantino’s new film“Inglourious Basterds”.

Did Mexico beat it? Fans go for ‘Thriller’ recordthey? The Guinness Book of WorldRecords will decide in a week.

The current record was set in Mayby a group of 242 College of William& Mary students who performed theroutine in Williamsburg, Virginia, ac-cording to Guinness.

Hildago claimed 12,937 peopledanced Saturday in front of MexicoCity’s Monument of the Revolution,

led by a Michael Jackson imperson-ator wearing a red-and-gold se-quined jacket.

But Guinness must certify whetherall those people really performed theentire, intricate routine. The imper-sonator, who goes by the name Hec-tor Jackson, and most of those in frontof a huge crowd of onlookers cer-tainly looked pretty good.

Michael Jackson’s impersonator Hector Jackson, performs withthousands of people at the Monument of the Revolution in Mexico City,

during an attempt to break the Guinness World record of peopledancing US late pop star Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Saturday, Aug. 29,2009. The event was organized as a tribute to Jackson on his birthday. AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills

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The European Commission’s economicsentiment indicator for the 16 nations usingthe euro single currency rose to 80.6 pointsfrom 76 points in July, continuing a gradualclimb away from a record low 64.6 pointsin March.

The figure defied the expectations ofanalysts, polled by Dow Jones Newswires,who had predicted a more modest rise to 78points. “Recovery of the industrial confi-dence indicator continued, backed by astrong increase in production expectationsand manufacturers’ assessment of orderbooks,” the EU’s executive body said in astatement.

However, it noted that “stocks of fin-ished goods, production expectations andorder books remain well below their long-term averages.” The long-term averagerate, since 1990, is 100. Among the largerEU economies, the greatest signs of im-provement in confidence were seen in Brit-ain, up 9.7 points, followed by the Nether-lands, 7.6 points, and European economicpowerhouse Germany which saw economicsentiment rise by 5.1 points in August.

There were also “noteworthy” gains inPoland, Italy and Spain.

The commission said the increase wasdue to a general improvement across theboard, with only retail trade a little sluggish.The services sector gained considerably,while industry continued to climb out of thetrough from March.

In the wider 27-nation European Union,the economic sentiment indicator rose to80.9 points from 75 points in July.

European economic confidenceimproves: EU survey


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Analysts said the figures bolstered hopesfor a recovery.

“All in all, today’s indicators will be animportant part of the ECB’s (European Cen-tral Bank) briefing files for next week,” saidCarsten Brzeski at Global Economics.

“Central bankers will be facing a some-what changed economic environment: theworst is over and the economy is stabilising,”he said, but warned: “the labour market anda possible credit crunch are clear speedbumps on the road to recovery.”

The commission’s separate business cli-mate indicator also continued to recover,improving for a fifth consecutive month witha rise to negative 2.21 points from minus 2.70points in July.

Improvement was particularly strong inproduction trends, while “both order booksand export order books continued to improvefrom the trough reached in June.

“Managers’ opinion of stocks of finishedgoods improved as well, even though thelevel of stocks was still considered exces-sive,” the commission said.

Recent data has shown European fac-tory orders up, with the eurozone monthlytrade surplus doubling.

Germany and France have lumbered outof recession and very nearly brought the restof the eurozone with them.

However amid fears of double-dip re-cession, EU commission chief Jose ManuelBarroso warned that Europe’s economy hasnot made a “firm recovery” from the crisisand the situation remains “very volatile.”

Agence France-PresseWASHINGTON - US newspaper adver-

tising revenue fell by 29 percent in the sec-ond quarter, continuing a slide which has leftmany dailies awash in a sea of red ink.

Print and online advertising revenuedropped to 6.8 billion dollars in the secondquarter of the year from 9.6 billion dollars ayear ago, according to figures released by theNewspaper Association of America (NAA).

Print advertising revenue declined by30.1 percent to 6.2 billion dollars including a40.4 percent fall in classified advertising rev-enue to 1.5 billion dollars.

Classified ad revenue at US newspapershas collapsed in recent years faced with com-petition from free online classified sites suchas Craigslist.

Online advertising revenue declined by15.9 percent in the quarter to 653.1 milliondollars.

Newspapers across the United Stateshave been grappling with a slide in advertis-ing revenue, steadily declining circulation andthe migration of readers to free news online.

NAA president and chief executive JohnSturm said the weak numbers “come as no


BERLIN - The recession in Germany,Europe’s largest economy, may be slightlyless bad than initially feared this year,Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday.

The German economy is poised toshrink “by five or six percent” in 2009,Merkel said in a speech, suggesting a pos-sible upward revision to current govern-ment forecasts which predict a contractionof six percent.

Germany has rebounded with unex-pected speed from its worst recession inover six decades, edging back to growth inthe second quarter of this year with an ex-pansion of 0.3 percent.

Positive business surveys and other

US newspaper adrevenue slide continues

surprise” and “there are, however, reasons toremain optimistic.”

“When the economy eventually beginsits recovery, advertisers will return to spend-ing, and newspapers will find themselves ex-tremely well positioned to harness the strengthof their print and digital platforms to build abrighter future,” he said in a statement.

Print advertising revenue at US newspa-pers has now fallen for 12 quarters in a rowaccording to NAA figures while online ad rev-enue has dropped for the past five quarters.

The industry has been hit by a wave ofbankruptcies, job cuts and closures includinga bankruptcy filing by the Tribune Co., ownerof the Chicago Tribune, The Los AngelesTimes and other major papers.

The 100-year-old Christian ScienceMonitor went online-only earlier this year andtwo major dailies, the Rocky Mountain Newsof Denver, Colorado, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, have shut down in recentmonths.

With advertising revenue evaporating,top US newspaper executives have been look-ing at ways to begin charging readers for newson the Web.

German economy may dobetter than expected: Merkel

forward-looking indicators have also sug-gested brighter times ahead, prompting sev-eral private forecasters to raise their predic-tion for total economic output in 2009.

The president of the country’s centralbank, Axel Weber, said recently he alsoexpected Germany’s economy to do betterthan expected this year.

Merkel, who is aiming to secure a sec-ond term in elections on September 27,warned that while the worst may be behindGermany, it was still too soon to declarevictory against the financial crisis.

“The fact we seem to have reached thebottom must not divert us from the fact thatthis is by far the worst economic crisis thatGermany has ever had to survive in its 60years,” she said.

AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal

Posters advertise the low price of all of the goods in the window of “the 98p store”in Daslton, East London on August 22, 2009. European business and consumerconfidence firmed in August for a fifth month running, an EU survey showed Friday,adding to a recent string of encouraging news for Europe’s struggling economies.

A representative of GuinnessWorld Records was on hand to cer-tify that the giant meal prepared in a

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EHDEN - The small town of Ehden in north Lebanon gained anEHDEN - The small town of Ehden in north Lebanon gained anEHDEN - The small town of Ehden in north Lebanon gained anEHDEN - The small town of Ehden in north Lebanon gained anEHDEN - The small town of Ehden in north Lebanon gained anentry in the Guinness Book of World Records on Saturday for pro-entry in the Guinness Book of World Records on Saturday for pro-entry in the Guinness Book of World Records on Saturday for pro-entry in the Guinness Book of World Records on Saturday for pro-entry in the Guinness Book of World Records on Saturday for pro-ducing the largest ever kebbe — a dish of minced meat and crackedducing the largest ever kebbe — a dish of minced meat and crackedducing the largest ever kebbe — a dish of minced meat and crackedducing the largest ever kebbe — a dish of minced meat and crackedducing the largest ever kebbe — a dish of minced meat and crackedwheat.wheat.wheat.wheat.wheat.

festive atmosphere by 25 women inthe town square measured up beforepresenting the official paperwork.

To create the giant circular 20-square-metre (215-square-foot)kebbe they had to mix 120 kilos ofmince, 80 litres of olive oil, 80 ki-los of cracked wheat, five kilos ofsalt and a mere kilo of pepper.

After the huge dish was cookedthe certificate was officially handedover to Rima Franjieh, wife of MPSleiman Franjieh.


HANOI - Government loudspeak-ers are spreading communist propa-ganda over the streets of Hanoi aheadof the 40th anniversary Wednesdayof Ho Chi Minh’s death.

But few people seem to be listen-ing.

“The grand sacrifices (of Ho ChiMinh), brilliant moral revolutionary,remain the sun lighting the way forthe nation,” a government employeeannounces into his microphone.

Yet even the messenger doubts theeffect of his words about Ho, thecountry’s founding president.

“I see very few people listening,”he says, unwilling to be named.

They may admire Ho but many ofVietnam’s young people — whomake up more than half the popula-tion — say they have no time forgovernment campaigns in his name.

“Following someone, you do thaton your own, in your heart, not inresponse to a general movement,”said Tran Hong Linh, 19, a univer-sity student.

Construction worker NguyenThanh Lam, 20, said he heard a lotof talk on the radio about Ho, “butnothing came into my ears.”

Government campaigns forpeople to live and work according toHo’s example are a “fiasco” thatbring no benefit to the people, said ashop manager, who asked not to beidentified.

“I think he is an admirable figurealthough now there are so many op-posite opinions about his life and ca-reer,” said a woman, 28, who worksfor a foreign company and alsowould not be named.

She is among the 51 percent ofVietnam’s population who, officialdata say, are under the age of 30,meaning they were born after the waragainst the US ended in 1975 andhave grown up in the country’sbooming market economy.

Their opinions contrast markedlywith the official view that Ho Chi

Vietnam youth say no timefor Ho Chi Minh propaganda

Minh, icon of the independencestruggle, is an untouchable. Hisportrait adorns walls in cities andcountry towns alike. Official lit-erature praises his life of sacri-fice and commitment to thepeople.

Only fierce opponents of theregime and those in exile pub-lish dissident versions of his life.The exiled writer Duong ThuHuong recently released “TheZenith,” a controversial novelabout the alleged secret lover ofthe man affectionately known as“Uncle Ho”.

“Uncle Ho made many contri-butions to the country. No onecould deny that. But he’s just hu-man, like any one of us... He’snot a saint,” said a 21-year-oldlaw student who refused to givehis name.

“I am young, so I don’t knowmuch history. But he must havemade mistakes sometimes.”

Ho himself admitted in 1956that “errors” had been committedduring a land reform campaign inwhich, it was later revealed, tensof thousands were put to death.

For a long time the rulingCommunist Party played with thedates of Ho’s demise. Officialssaid he died on September 3,1969 because they did not wantto spoil Vietnam’s September 2National Day.Twenty years agothe Party officially stated that Hodied on September 2, exactly 24years after he proclaimed the in-dependence of Vietnam.

Liberation forces still facedbattle against French colonisers,who were finally pushed out in1954, leading to the country’s di-vision and setting the stage fortwo more decades of war.

After Ho’s death at the age of79, communist North Vietnamendured six more years of fight-ing against the United States andits allies in the South, until thecountry was reunified in 1975.

The ritual was led by Ida PedandaGede Putra Bajing from Geria SmertaDenpasar.

The member of Bali House of Repre-sentative consists of 24 people from In-

“We only establishing one personas a suspect while waiting for furtherinvestigation,” he added. The skipperwas very careless because didn’t pro-vide life jacket and other securityequipments to the passengers. Thehead of the harbor was also interro-gated by the police.

The boat or usually called“jangolan’ by the locals sink in Badung

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The boat was carrying 26 passen-gers and 2 ship crews. Two of thepassengers are still missing andthe rescue teams still searching fortheir whereabouts. The missingpasangers are Ketut Satu, 50 yearsold and Made Payur, 47 years old.

In order to prevent similar ac-cident from happening, the policewill tighten the inspection regard-ing the standard of sailing in Bali.

Agence France-PresseLUKLA - Over two decades,

Funuru Sherpa has watched the lakeabove his native village ofDengboche in Nepal’s Himalayasgrow, as the glacier that feeds it melts.

The 29-year-old, who runs a busyInternet cafe for tourists visiting theEverest region, remembers his grand-father telling him that 50 years agothe lake did not exist.

“Before, it was all ice,” he toldAFP in the eastern Himalayan townof Lukla, in the shadow of MountEverest.

“This is proof that the glaciers inthe high Himalayas are melting. Andthat must be because the temperatureshave gone up.”

Scientists say the Imja Glacierabove Dengboche is retreating byabout 70 metres (230 feet) a year, andthe melting ice has formed a hugelake that could devastate villagesdownstream if it bursts.

Melting glaciers threaten ‘Nepal tsunami’The trend is not new. Nepal’s In-

ternational Centre for IntegratedMountain Development (ICIMOD),which has studied the Himalayas forthree decades, says many of thecountry’s glaciers have been retreat-ing for centuries.

But ICIMOD glaciologistSamjwal Ratna Bajracharya said thiswas now happening at an alarmingspeed, with temperatures in theHimalayas rising at a much faster ratethan the global average.

“Our studies of the past 30 yearsshow that the temperatures (in theHimalayas) are rising up to eighttimes faster than the global average.Melting is taking place higher andfaster,” Bajracharya told AFP.

“The melting of glaciers and for-mation of glacier lakes is a key indi-cator of the temperature rise. Andlately, we have seen massive icemelt.”

Nepal has more than 2,300 gla-

cial lakes and experts say at least 20are in danger of bursting.

At almost one square kilometre(0.38 square miles), the Imja lake isthe country’s second biggest, esti-mated to hold 36 million cubic metres(47 million cubic yards) of water, andis considered the biggest flood threat.

It is a subject close to the heart ofNepalese mountaineer Apa Sherpa,who has climbed Everest a record 19times.

In 1985 Apa Sherpa lost his houseand farm when the Dig Tsho glaciallake burst, causing a giant wave toflow down the mountain.

Seven people were killed by theflood, which swept away bridges andhouses and destroyed a new hydro-power station. “For me, climatechange is personal,” said the climber,who dedicated his latest Everest ex-pedition to raising awareness of theimpact of climate change on moun-tain communities.

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Lebanese women cut the biggest kibbeh dish, a middle eastern specialty made of bulgur andspiced minced meat, after entering the Guinness World Records in the town of Ihden in north-ern Lebanon on August 29, 2009. Twenty five Lebanese women prepared the dish that had thearea of 20 square meters (215 square foot) and weighed at 233 kilogram (523 pounds).

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The technique of allowing de-ferred payments is an age-old com-mercial strategy more common forsales of washing machines or cars,but the company has embraced theconcept to tempt aspirational Indi-ans with restricted budgets.

“This is the first time the worldover that apparel like jeans and shirtsare being sold on credit that will bededucted by the bank in threemonthly installments,” Levi StraussIndia managing director Shumone

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BANGALORE - US jeans maker Levi Strauss has begun selling itsdenim on credit in India, offering shoppers the chance to buy a 30-dollar pair of its famous trousers in three installments.

Chatterjee told AFP.The group, which claims to have

created the first blue jeans in 1873,has teamed up with India’s largestprivate bank, ICICI Bank, to launchthe initiative in the IT hotspot ofBangalore.

Buoyed by the response, Levi’ssaid it was in talks with other pri-vate banks such as HDFC to offercredit to a wider range of buyers andin other cities around the country.

Bangalore, with its large young

population of IT workers, was anobvious starting point.

“Ever since we introduced the‘buy now, pay later’ scheme with-out interest or hidden charges inJune, our sales have surged by 10-15 percent,” Levi’s franchise man-ager M. Aaron told AFP from hisspacious showroom in Bangalore.

The only condition for the creditis that the bill should be for at least1,500 rupees (30 dollars), whichmeans interest-free repayments of500 rupees a month.

The lowest price for a pair ofjeans in Aaron’s store is 1600 rupees.

Judging by the customers walk-ing out with shopping bags, Levi’sare a hit among Bangalore’s college

students, young techies and middle-aged professionals who were busilyswiping their credit cards.

The move is an attempt by LeviStrauss to tap into the burgeoningdemand for Western-brandedclothes among India’s growingmiddle class.

Changing lifestyles, rising in-comes and the influence of Westernculture have fuelled demand for de-signer clothing in India, an obvioussymbol of wealth in the status-con-scious country.

“With rapidly changing and glo-bally exposed lifestyles, tastes anddesires, consumers in India are seek-ing means to upgrade and updatetheir wardrobes,” Levi’s brand man-

ager Vishal Bhalla said.Harish Bijoor, a brand specialist

who runs an Indian consultancy, toldAFP that he expected the installmentplan to tempt buyers who might havebeen put off by the total price tag.

It could also boost sales at a timewhen consumer spending has weak-ened because of a broader slowdownin the Indian economy in the wakeof the global financial crisis.

“The Levi’s scheme is atrendsetter in the jeanswear or ap-parel industry, which has been grow-ing in double-digits over a decade,”he said.

“The scheme makes brandedproducts like Levi’s jeans affordableto a critical mass,” he added.

The Sari Mulia went down afterencountering strong currents 100 ki-lometers (60 miles) from the city ofBanjarmasin, in South Kalimantanprovince, late Friday.

“Eight people were killed. It’s es-timated that 18 people are stilltrapped in the vessel,” Health Min-istry crisis centre head RustamPakaya told AFP, adding 117 peoplehad so far been rescued.

But the Antara state news agencysaid the number of dead and missing

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Environmental activists display effigies of, from left to right, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper,France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, U.S. President Barack Obama,Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, GermanChancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a demonstration calling forthe world leaders to take immediate action against climate change in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday,Aug. 29, 2009. The demonstration marked he hundred days countdown to the U.N. climate changesummit that will be held in Copenhagen in December.

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WANGI-WANGI - Foreign touristsjoining Sail Indonesia Festival alsoparticipated in a traditional boat row-ing competition in Wakatobi, South-east Sulawesi Province. The foreignparticipants were Messel/Petter (Aus-tralia), Calida (France), Umar/Tanil(Turkey) and Marisa/Roby (Spain).

The competition was also joinedby a number of local fishermen.

Meanwhile, some 61 foreignyachts have visited Wakatobi dis-trict, South East Sulawesi, since lastAugust 3 under the “Wakatobi SailIndonesia 2009” program.

Wakatobi Deputy District ChiefHugua said here on Thursday (Aug.27), the visits of the yachts carrying

Antara

TIMIKA - An unidentified armedgroup again attacked a Freeport ve-hicle convoy near Mile 42-41 on theTembagapura-Timika road on Fri-day at 5.25 pm local time.

The convoy comprising an em-ployee bust and a truck left Mile 50for a Timika water-channel terminalwhen being shot from the left sideof the road.

Police and military personnelguarding the Freeport convoy shotback at the attackers. There were noinjuries or casualties in the shootout.

“Yes, there was shooting aimedat a workers’ bus and trailer truck atMile 42-41 yesterday afternoon,”


JAKARTA - Indonesian policeThursday were pursuing an Al-Qaedaconnection to the twin suicide attackson Jakarta hotels, after confirmingthat a suspect in custody had been afollower of Osama bin Laden.

National police Chief BambangHendarso Danuri said the suspect,Indonesian publisher and Islamistblogger Mohammed JibrilAbdurahman — known on theInternet as the “Prince of Jihad” —was once a member of Al-Qaeda.

Mohammed Jibril was arrestedoutside Jakarta late Tuesday on sus-picion of channeling money fromabroad to finance the July 17 attackson the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton

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JAKARTA - Eight people died and 18 are feared trapped inside acargo vessel which sank on a river in Indonesia’s Borneo Island, an offi-cial said Saturday, though state media says the tolls could be much higher.

could be far higher because many ofthose who boarded the boat could havedone so without a ticket and would notappear on the manifest. Indonesia’s234 million people are spread across17,000 islands and so are heavily de-pendent on a network of ships andboats, which have a poor safety record.

Up to 335 people were killed whena ferry sank off Sulawesi Island inJanuary. In December 2006 a ferrywent down in a storm off the coast ofJava, killing more than 500 people.

Foreign tourists joinWakatobi rowing competition

foreign tourists had proven thatWakatobi with its submarine parkhad great tourism potential.

“They (the tourists) come to enjoythe beauty of Wakatobi coral reefs,” hesaid, adding that this would have a posi-tive impact on the region’s economy.

Wakatobi with its 1.3 millionhectares of marine tourism potentialshas some 750 kinds of coral reefs,while the Caribbean Sea only had 50kinds and the Red Sea 300, he said.

Mostly manned by small families(husband, wife, son or daughter), theyachts started out from Darwin, Aus-tralia, and came to Wakatobi viaSaumlaki, Masohi, Banda, Namlea(Maluku), Ternate (North Maluku),Bunaken (North Sulawesi), andBanggai (Central Sulawesi).

Freeport convoy again attacked by armed groupSenior Commissioner Agus Rianto,a spokesman of the Papua police ,said here on Saturday.

The latest shootout was part of aseries of terror actions occurring in thearea of US gold and copper miningcompany PT Freeport Indonesia inTimika, Mimika District, Papua Prov-ince, during July and August this year.

The shooting incidents whichhave killed two Freeport employees,including an Australian national,have forced a cease of the company’sworker mobility between Timikaand Tembagapura for two weeks.

More than one thousand employ-ees of PT Freeport Indonesia and itscontractors returned to work inTembagapura on Thursday (Aug.

27) after being absent for two weeksfollowing shooting incidents.

Following the shooting incidentsthat had claimed the lives of Austra-lian Drew Nicholas Grant and Freeportsecurity personnel Markus Rate Alo,as well as police second brigadierMarson Patipelohi on July 11, thePapua regional police in cooperationwith the 17th Regional Military Com-mand have deployed more than 1,000personnel to secure the Freeprot area.

The joint military and policeforce, grouped in the Timika AmoleTask force, was supposed to com-plete their task on August 18 butbecause shootings still continuedtheir duty had been extended untilsituation was conducive again.

Indonesia bomb suspect was Al-Qaeda member: policehotels, which killed nine people in-cluding the two bombers.

The blasts marked the bloody endof a four-year hiatus in such attacksin the world’s most populous Mus-lim country, and have been blamedon a terror network led by Malaysianextremist Noordin Mohammed Top.

Asked by reporters whetherMohammed Jibril had been a mem-ber of Al-Qaeda, Danuri said “yes.”

“Let the process proceed, therewill be more developments,” he said,without elaborating.

Police say they have killed threecell members and arrested five sinceJuly 17, including a Saudi nationalwho allegedly smuggled money fromabroad to pay for the operation.

The source of the funds is not

known, but police have said they areinvestigating whether the moneycame from Al-Qaeda brokers in theMiddle East or South Asia, amongother possible donors.

Mohammed Jibril studied Islamin Karachi, southern Pakistan, wherehe joined an Al-Qaeda-affiliatedgroup known as Al-Ghuraba, or TheForeigners, according to analystssuch as the Brussels-based Interna-tional Crisis Group (ICG).

Al-Ghuraba was set up in 1999 byHambali, the Indonesian allegedpoint-man for Al-Qaeda in SoutheastAsia who is in US custody atGuantanamo Bay, analysts said.

It trained Southeast Asian mem-bers of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)regional terror network blamed for

the 2002 Bali bombings that killed202 people, and served as a conduitbetween JI and Al-Qaeda.

The August 2003 arrest ofHambali, seen as JI’s operationschief, led to the breakup of Al-Ghuraba but analysts said the Paki-stan connection could have been re-established and used to finance thelatest attack in Indonesia.

Hambali’s younger brother andAl-Ghuraba alumni Gun GunRusman Gunawan was sentenced tofour years’ jail in Indonesia in 2004for helping to finance the 2003Marriott attack. He served only twoyears and is now free.

A spokesman for MohammedJibril’s family, Irfan S. Awwas, re-jected accusations the publisher had

any role in the hotel attacks.“Do you think Al-Ghuraba is a ter-

rorist movement?” he asked report-ers as he appeared with the suspect’sfather, radical cleric Abu Jibril, at thenational police headquarters to de-mand Mohammed Jibril’s release.

“As a student there (in Pakistan),anyone can join any organisation suchas Al-Ghuraba — it’s not forbidden.”

Mohammed Jibril’s publishing com-pany, Ar-Rahmah, has sold Al-Qaedapropaganda videos in Indonesia and lastyear launched Jihadmagz magazine,which glorifies global terror attacks. Hisfather was arrested in Malaysia in 2001on suspicion of being a JI member. Hewas deported to Indonesia in 2003 butserved only about five months in jailfor using a forged

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He said that two or three yearsago, the government was looking forinvestor to continue the project whichwas built in 100 acre of area. The

Government rejects MalaysianGovernment rejects MalaysianGovernment rejects MalaysianGovernment rejects MalaysianGovernment rejects Malaysianinterest on GWK Projectinterest on GWK Projectinterest on GWK Projectinterest on GWK Projectinterest on GWK Project

Antara DENPASAR – The head of

Badung Regency, AA Gede Agung,along with the head of Badung CivilPolice, I Wayan Adi Arnawa couldbecome suspects in the dismantle of16 cellular towers in Badung.

Ahmad Nurwakhid, the head ofcriminal division in Bali Police De-partment, said “we are still investi-gating the case by interrogating wit-nesses and we also will interrogateAA Gede Agung and I Wayan AdiArnawa soon.”

Antara DENPASAR - The number of

French tourists to Bali was up in thefirst half of this year to 45,716 fromonly 12,960 in the same period lastyear, an official said.

The head of the local statisticsoffice, Ida Komang Wisnu, said hereon Friday the number of French visi-tors increased by 39.57 percent.

He said the French touristsmostly arrived through Bali’s NgurahRai airport directly from their coun-try.

“Only 12 are known to havecome aboard a cruise ship,” IdaKomang Wisnu said.

The number of French touriststo Bali continued to increase to con-tribute up to 4.27 percent of the totalnumber of foreign tourists to the is-land reaching 1,070,595, which wereup from 971,061 recorded in the pre-vious year.

Ida Komang Wisnu said France Palm Winewith Soursop Flavor

In Bali, palm-leaf manuscripts retain manyinformation and knowledge about the past wisdom.Local people remain to preserve the tradition andheritage up to these days. Meanwhile, its young fruitand flower bud retain fresh ingredient of drink.Traditional market usually sells this naturally fresh drinkmade of sweet palm wine added with the flesh of itsyoung fruit, but more frequently, they are soldseparately. If you wish to enrich the flavor, it can beadded with the flesh of ripe soursop and a slice oflemon.

Ingredients required for the drink consist of 300mlpalm wine, a piece of young palm fruit, 4 tbsp flesh ofsoursop, 4 small ice cubes and 2 slices of lemon. First,prepare the flesh of young palm fruit, custard appleand ice cubes in a glass, and then pour the palm wineinto the glass. Finally, add the squeeze of lemon slice.It is ready to serve. These ingredients suffice for twoportions. (BTN/punia)

Cassava Leafwith Shrimp

Probably, it will not require conjuring up the shrimpinto a tasteful dish. It has already been delicious nomatter how it is cooked. However, when combining itwith other ingredient(s), it will give different flavor andneed a little effort. Cassava leaf that is usually mixedwith the famous suckling roasted pig, for instance, cannow be presented with this shrimp. One day, try to fusethis aquatic bounty with fresh cassava leaf andcoconut milk from the garden bounty.

Ingredients: a handful of cassava leaf, 100 g shrimpand 2-cup coconut milk.

Ground spices: 5 cloves shallot, 3 cloves garlic, 1small chili, 1 large chili, 1 slice turmeric, 1 slice ginger,½ tsp coriander, ½ tsp pepper and 1 tsp salt

Others: 2 pcs salam leaf and 2 tbsp palm oil.Method:• Stir-fry the ground spices until smelling fragrant.• Boil the

cassava leaf,take out whenit has beencooked anddrain.Optionally, itcan be cut intoshorter size.

• Cleansethe shrimpsand discardtheir head. Putinto the stir-fried spiceswhile stirringuntil their colorchanges.

• Pour thecoconut milk into the pan (spices with shrimps). Waitfor a while until boiling. Mix them slowly and add withsalt, salam leaf and cassava leaf. Wait again for fewminutes until boiling. Take out and serve it whilestaying warm. (BTN/punia)

Antara DENPASAR – Investor from Malaysia attracted to own and DENPASAR – Investor from Malaysia attracted to own and DENPASAR – Investor from Malaysia attracted to own and DENPASAR – Investor from Malaysia attracted to own and DENPASAR – Investor from Malaysia attracted to own and

manage the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) area in Jimbaran, south-manage the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) area in Jimbaran, south-manage the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) area in Jimbaran, south-manage the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) area in Jimbaran, south-manage the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) area in Jimbaran, south-ern Bali. Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika, said “there wereern Bali. Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika, said “there wereern Bali. Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika, said “there wereern Bali. Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika, said “there wereern Bali. Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika, said “there wereseveral offers made by Malaysian investors but we rejected it.”several offers made by Malaysian investors but we rejected it.”several offers made by Malaysian investors but we rejected it.”several offers made by Malaysian investors but we rejected it.”several offers made by Malaysian investors but we rejected it.”

governor rejected the offers becauseGWK is the work of Indonesia. Thestatue which is 75 meter high and 60meter wide could become the biggest

statue in the world and it could evenbeat the Liberty in United States.

“GWK will become the secondbiggest work by Indonesian peopleafter 1,000 years ago we builtBorobudur,” added Mangku Pastika.There is great hope that the statuemade by I Nyoman Nuarta, will be-come the symbol of Indonesiangreatness. Bali’s Government is

planning to publish obligation thatcan be bought by the locals in Bali.

The governor said “the plan willgive benefit to the people in Bali. Wealso will held several events in GWKto raise fund for the project. All so-lutions will be studied and there isgreat hope that the GWK project canbe continued soon because it can de-velop tourism in Bali.”

Bali Post DILI - Experience of Bali in

managing the environmental destruc-tion and pollution through theDenpasar Sewerage DevelopmentProject and Bali Beach ConservationProject acquired appreciation fromthe Timor-Leste government that isintensively designing the develop-ment for the prosperity of its people.

To arrange an environmentalprogram in Timor-Leste from August18 through September 10, Dr. KetutGede Dharma Putra, an environmen-tal researcher from Udayana Univer-sity was entrusted as international ex-pert team in environmental manage-ment assisting the Ministry of PublicWorks, Environment and Tourism ofTimor-Leste. Together with his team,he arranged a document plan regard-ing to the environmental impact onthe developmental activity of urbandrainage, sanitation and sustainabletourism development.

Besides, in connection with thetenth celebration of the Timor-LesteReferendum and Dili Trade Expo atEx-Mercado Municipal, Dharma

Number of Frenchtourists to Bali rising

was ranked the seventh among the tencountries sending the largest numberof tourists to Bali.

He said the number of touristsfrom six of the ten countries rose whilethe number from the remaining fourdropped.

Australia ranked first sending180,686 tourists to Bali (17.02 per-cent), followed by Japan with 154,071tourists (14.41 percent), China 97,930(6.91 percent), Malaysia 73,863 (6.91percent) and South Korea 63,045 (5.90percent).

Others include Taiwan with57,994 tourists (5.42 percent), Britainwith 37,701 tourists (3.53 percent),Germany with 33,873 tourists (3.17percent), the US with 32,938 tourists(3.08 percent) and other countries to-taling 292,788 (27.15 percent), he said.

The Indonesian government hasopened marketing offices abroad in aneffort to attract more tourists to cometo the country.

Tri Hita Karana Promotionin Timor Leste

Putra had an opportunity to serve asspeaker on the International Confer-ence and Workshop on SustainableDevelopment attended by ten coun-tries rendering much assistance toTimor-Leste in its infrastructural de-velopment.

Such occasion was also takenadvantage by the man becoming theexpert of Integrated Coastal Manage-ment (ICM) GEF/UNDP/IMO Re-gional Partnership Partnerships inEnvironmental Management for theSeas of East Asia (PEMSEA)—thisEnvironmental Agency of Bali aimedat introducing the eco-friendly certi-fication based on Tri Hita Karana(THK) concept. “The THK TourismAwards & Accreditation program hasbeen proven effective in endeavoringto diminish the level of environmen-tal pollution and damage in Bali,”stated Deputy Head of THK TourismAwards & Accreditations team.

Through the certification basedon the indigenous wisdom (THK)was expected that tourism industryand other activities resulting in envi-ronmental impact could perform sus-

tainable management and monitoringto reduce the environmental damageand pollution.

In the meantime, the PrimeMinister of the Republic of Timor-Leste, Xanana Gusmao, in the con-ference, Monday (Aug 24) stated thathis government received much assis-tance from international party for thedevelopment of his territory. For thatpurpose, his party would like to givean opportunity in several fields.“They were appreciated equally asother experts from Australian, Ameri-can and European universities,” hesaid while adding the existence ofdistance proximity and cultural simi-larity denoted the main capital tomake easier the cooperation betweenTimor-Leste and the researchers fromBali in particular and Indonesia ingeneral.

Towers Destruction Case

The head of Badungregency to be interrogated

Gede Agung and Adi Arnawacould become suspects in the casebased on the report made by cellularoperators. The operators were re-porting illegal destroying act, not thepermit to build in the area.

“The operators were reportingdestruction on their equipment onthe site and not the destruction of thetowers. If there is proof of destruc-tion then both of them can be pun-ished according to the telecommu-nication rules in Indonesia. The of-fenders could be sentenced up to 6

years,” added Nurwakhid Regarding the protocol to inter-

rogate the head of the regency, BaliPolice Department has prepared thesteps and will be done immediately.A month ago, Badung Governmentdismantled 16 towers because it vio-lated the rules. During the disman-tling process, several equipments inthe area were broken and it made theoperators reported the case to thepolice. The dismantling also disturbsthe service and communication pro-cess using cellular lately.

The picture shows touriststaking picture below theGaruda head statue at GarudaWisnu Kencana area. Investorfrom Malaysia attracted to ownand manage the Garuda WisnuKencana (GWK) area inJimbaran, southern Bali.Bali Governor,Made Mangku Pastika, said“there were several offersmade by Malaysianinvestors butwe rejected it.”

http://media.photobucket.com

BTN/Doc

Hotel management welcoming tourists arrival at one of the ho-tels in Bali Island. The number of French tourists to Bali was upin the first half of this year to 45,716 from only 12,960 in thesame period last year, an official said.

Balinese CultureMonday, August 31, 2009 98 InternationalMonday, August 31, 2009

Bali Today

He said that two or three yearsago, the government was looking forinvestor to continue the project whichwas built in 100 acre of area. The

Government rejects MalaysianGovernment rejects MalaysianGovernment rejects MalaysianGovernment rejects MalaysianGovernment rejects Malaysianinterest on GWK Projectinterest on GWK Projectinterest on GWK Projectinterest on GWK Projectinterest on GWK Project

Antara DENPASAR – The head of

Badung Regency, AA Gede Agung,along with the head of Badung CivilPolice, I Wayan Adi Arnawa couldbecome suspects in the dismantle of16 cellular towers in Badung.

Ahmad Nurwakhid, the head ofcriminal division in Bali Police De-partment, said “we are still investi-gating the case by interrogating wit-nesses and we also will interrogateAA Gede Agung and I Wayan AdiArnawa soon.”

Antara DENPASAR - The number of

French tourists to Bali was up in thefirst half of this year to 45,716 fromonly 12,960 in the same period lastyear, an official said.

The head of the local statisticsoffice, Ida Komang Wisnu, said hereon Friday the number of French visi-tors increased by 39.57 percent.

He said the French touristsmostly arrived through Bali’s NgurahRai airport directly from their coun-try.

“Only 12 are known to havecome aboard a cruise ship,” IdaKomang Wisnu said.

The number of French touriststo Bali continued to increase to con-tribute up to 4.27 percent of the totalnumber of foreign tourists to the is-land reaching 1,070,595, which wereup from 971,061 recorded in the pre-vious year.

Ida Komang Wisnu said France Palm Winewith Soursop Flavor

In Bali, palm-leaf manuscripts retain manyinformation and knowledge about the past wisdom.Local people remain to preserve the tradition andheritage up to these days. Meanwhile, its young fruitand flower bud retain fresh ingredient of drink.Traditional market usually sells this naturally fresh drinkmade of sweet palm wine added with the flesh of itsyoung fruit, but more frequently, they are soldseparately. If you wish to enrich the flavor, it can beadded with the flesh of ripe soursop and a slice oflemon.

Ingredients required for the drink consist of 300mlpalm wine, a piece of young palm fruit, 4 tbsp flesh ofsoursop, 4 small ice cubes and 2 slices of lemon. First,prepare the flesh of young palm fruit, custard appleand ice cubes in a glass, and then pour the palm wineinto the glass. Finally, add the squeeze of lemon slice.It is ready to serve. These ingredients suffice for twoportions. (BTN/punia)

Cassava Leafwith Shrimp

Probably, it will not require conjuring up the shrimpinto a tasteful dish. It has already been delicious nomatter how it is cooked. However, when combining itwith other ingredient(s), it will give different flavor andneed a little effort. Cassava leaf that is usually mixedwith the famous suckling roasted pig, for instance, cannow be presented with this shrimp. One day, try to fusethis aquatic bounty with fresh cassava leaf andcoconut milk from the garden bounty.

Ingredients: a handful of cassava leaf, 100 g shrimpand 2-cup coconut milk.

Ground spices: 5 cloves shallot, 3 cloves garlic, 1small chili, 1 large chili, 1 slice turmeric, 1 slice ginger,½ tsp coriander, ½ tsp pepper and 1 tsp salt

Others: 2 pcs salam leaf and 2 tbsp palm oil.Method:• Stir-fry the ground spices until smelling fragrant.• Boil the

cassava leaf,take out whenit has beencooked anddrain.Optionally, itcan be cut intoshorter size.

• Cleansethe shrimpsand discardtheir head. Putinto the stir-fried spiceswhile stirringuntil their colorchanges.

• Pour thecoconut milk into the pan (spices with shrimps). Waitfor a while until boiling. Mix them slowly and add withsalt, salam leaf and cassava leaf. Wait again for fewminutes until boiling. Take out and serve it whilestaying warm. (BTN/punia)

Antara DENPASAR – Investor from Malaysia attracted to own and DENPASAR – Investor from Malaysia attracted to own and DENPASAR – Investor from Malaysia attracted to own and DENPASAR – Investor from Malaysia attracted to own and DENPASAR – Investor from Malaysia attracted to own and

manage the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) area in Jimbaran, south-manage the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) area in Jimbaran, south-manage the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) area in Jimbaran, south-manage the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) area in Jimbaran, south-manage the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) area in Jimbaran, south-ern Bali. Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika, said “there wereern Bali. Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika, said “there wereern Bali. Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika, said “there wereern Bali. Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika, said “there wereern Bali. Bali Governor, Made Mangku Pastika, said “there wereseveral offers made by Malaysian investors but we rejected it.”several offers made by Malaysian investors but we rejected it.”several offers made by Malaysian investors but we rejected it.”several offers made by Malaysian investors but we rejected it.”several offers made by Malaysian investors but we rejected it.”

governor rejected the offers becauseGWK is the work of Indonesia. Thestatue which is 75 meter high and 60meter wide could become the biggest

statue in the world and it could evenbeat the Liberty in United States.

“GWK will become the secondbiggest work by Indonesian peopleafter 1,000 years ago we builtBorobudur,” added Mangku Pastika.There is great hope that the statuemade by I Nyoman Nuarta, will be-come the symbol of Indonesiangreatness. Bali’s Government is

planning to publish obligation thatcan be bought by the locals in Bali.

The governor said “the plan willgive benefit to the people in Bali. Wealso will held several events in GWKto raise fund for the project. All so-lutions will be studied and there isgreat hope that the GWK project canbe continued soon because it can de-velop tourism in Bali.”

Bali Post DILI - Experience of Bali in

managing the environmental destruc-tion and pollution through theDenpasar Sewerage DevelopmentProject and Bali Beach ConservationProject acquired appreciation fromthe Timor-Leste government that isintensively designing the develop-ment for the prosperity of its people.

To arrange an environmentalprogram in Timor-Leste from August18 through September 10, Dr. KetutGede Dharma Putra, an environmen-tal researcher from Udayana Univer-sity was entrusted as international ex-pert team in environmental manage-ment assisting the Ministry of PublicWorks, Environment and Tourism ofTimor-Leste. Together with his team,he arranged a document plan regard-ing to the environmental impact onthe developmental activity of urbandrainage, sanitation and sustainabletourism development.

Besides, in connection with thetenth celebration of the Timor-LesteReferendum and Dili Trade Expo atEx-Mercado Municipal, Dharma

Number of Frenchtourists to Bali rising

was ranked the seventh among the tencountries sending the largest numberof tourists to Bali.

He said the number of touristsfrom six of the ten countries rose whilethe number from the remaining fourdropped.

Australia ranked first sending180,686 tourists to Bali (17.02 per-cent), followed by Japan with 154,071tourists (14.41 percent), China 97,930(6.91 percent), Malaysia 73,863 (6.91percent) and South Korea 63,045 (5.90percent).

Others include Taiwan with57,994 tourists (5.42 percent), Britainwith 37,701 tourists (3.53 percent),Germany with 33,873 tourists (3.17percent), the US with 32,938 tourists(3.08 percent) and other countries to-taling 292,788 (27.15 percent), he said.

The Indonesian government hasopened marketing offices abroad in aneffort to attract more tourists to cometo the country.

Tri Hita Karana Promotionin Timor Leste

Putra had an opportunity to serve asspeaker on the International Confer-ence and Workshop on SustainableDevelopment attended by ten coun-tries rendering much assistance toTimor-Leste in its infrastructural de-velopment.

Such occasion was also takenadvantage by the man becoming theexpert of Integrated Coastal Manage-ment (ICM) GEF/UNDP/IMO Re-gional Partnership Partnerships inEnvironmental Management for theSeas of East Asia (PEMSEA)—thisEnvironmental Agency of Bali aimedat introducing the eco-friendly certi-fication based on Tri Hita Karana(THK) concept. “The THK TourismAwards & Accreditation program hasbeen proven effective in endeavoringto diminish the level of environmen-tal pollution and damage in Bali,”stated Deputy Head of THK TourismAwards & Accreditations team.

Through the certification basedon the indigenous wisdom (THK)was expected that tourism industryand other activities resulting in envi-ronmental impact could perform sus-

tainable management and monitoringto reduce the environmental damageand pollution.

In the meantime, the PrimeMinister of the Republic of Timor-Leste, Xanana Gusmao, in the con-ference, Monday (Aug 24) stated thathis government received much assis-tance from international party for thedevelopment of his territory. For thatpurpose, his party would like to givean opportunity in several fields.“They were appreciated equally asother experts from Australian, Ameri-can and European universities,” hesaid while adding the existence ofdistance proximity and cultural simi-larity denoted the main capital tomake easier the cooperation betweenTimor-Leste and the researchers fromBali in particular and Indonesia ingeneral.

Towers Destruction Case

The head of Badungregency to be interrogated

Gede Agung and Adi Arnawacould become suspects in the casebased on the report made by cellularoperators. The operators were re-porting illegal destroying act, not thepermit to build in the area.

“The operators were reportingdestruction on their equipment onthe site and not the destruction of thetowers. If there is proof of destruc-tion then both of them can be pun-ished according to the telecommu-nication rules in Indonesia. The of-fenders could be sentenced up to 6

years,” added Nurwakhid Regarding the protocol to inter-

rogate the head of the regency, BaliPolice Department has prepared thesteps and will be done immediately.A month ago, Badung Governmentdismantled 16 towers because it vio-lated the rules. During the disman-tling process, several equipments inthe area were broken and it made theoperators reported the case to thepolice. The dismantling also disturbsthe service and communication pro-cess using cellular lately.

The picture shows touriststaking picture below theGaruda head statue at GarudaWisnu Kencana area. Investorfrom Malaysia attracted to ownand manage the Garuda WisnuKencana (GWK) area inJimbaran, southern Bali.Bali Governor,Made Mangku Pastika, said“there were several offersmade by Malaysianinvestors butwe rejected it.”

http://media.photobucket.com

BTN/Doc

Hotel management welcoming tourists arrival at one of the ho-tels in Bali Island. The number of French tourists to Bali was upin the first half of this year to 45,716 from only 12,960 in thesame period last year, an official said.

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“This is the first time the worldover that apparel like jeans and shirtsare being sold on credit that will bededucted by the bank in threemonthly installments,” Levi StraussIndia managing director Shumone

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BANGALORE - US jeans maker Levi Strauss has begun selling itsdenim on credit in India, offering shoppers the chance to buy a 30-dollar pair of its famous trousers in three installments.

Chatterjee told AFP.The group, which claims to have

created the first blue jeans in 1873,has teamed up with India’s largestprivate bank, ICICI Bank, to launchthe initiative in the IT hotspot ofBangalore.

Buoyed by the response, Levi’ssaid it was in talks with other pri-vate banks such as HDFC to offercredit to a wider range of buyers andin other cities around the country.

Bangalore, with its large young

population of IT workers, was anobvious starting point.

“Ever since we introduced the‘buy now, pay later’ scheme with-out interest or hidden charges inJune, our sales have surged by 10-15 percent,” Levi’s franchise man-ager M. Aaron told AFP from hisspacious showroom in Bangalore.

The only condition for the creditis that the bill should be for at least1,500 rupees (30 dollars), whichmeans interest-free repayments of500 rupees a month.

The lowest price for a pair ofjeans in Aaron’s store is 1600 rupees.

Judging by the customers walk-ing out with shopping bags, Levi’sare a hit among Bangalore’s college

students, young techies and middle-aged professionals who were busilyswiping their credit cards.

The move is an attempt by LeviStrauss to tap into the burgeoningdemand for Western-brandedclothes among India’s growingmiddle class.

Changing lifestyles, rising in-comes and the influence of Westernculture have fuelled demand for de-signer clothing in India, an obvioussymbol of wealth in the status-con-scious country.

“With rapidly changing and glo-bally exposed lifestyles, tastes anddesires, consumers in India are seek-ing means to upgrade and updatetheir wardrobes,” Levi’s brand man-

ager Vishal Bhalla said.Harish Bijoor, a brand specialist

who runs an Indian consultancy, toldAFP that he expected the installmentplan to tempt buyers who might havebeen put off by the total price tag.

It could also boost sales at a timewhen consumer spending has weak-ened because of a broader slowdownin the Indian economy in the wakeof the global financial crisis.

“The Levi’s scheme is atrendsetter in the jeanswear or ap-parel industry, which has been grow-ing in double-digits over a decade,”he said.

“The scheme makes brandedproducts like Levi’s jeans affordableto a critical mass,” he added.

The Sari Mulia went down afterencountering strong currents 100 ki-lometers (60 miles) from the city ofBanjarmasin, in South Kalimantanprovince, late Friday.

“Eight people were killed. It’s es-timated that 18 people are stilltrapped in the vessel,” Health Min-istry crisis centre head RustamPakaya told AFP, adding 117 peoplehad so far been rescued.

But the Antara state news agencysaid the number of dead and missing

AP Photo/Dita Alangkara

Environmental activists display effigies of, from left to right, Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper,France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, U.S. President Barack Obama,Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, GermanChancellor Angela Merkel, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during a demonstration calling forthe world leaders to take immediate action against climate change in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday,Aug. 29, 2009. The demonstration marked he hundred days countdown to the U.N. climate changesummit that will be held in Copenhagen in December.

Antara

WANGI-WANGI - Foreign touristsjoining Sail Indonesia Festival alsoparticipated in a traditional boat row-ing competition in Wakatobi, South-east Sulawesi Province. The foreignparticipants were Messel/Petter (Aus-tralia), Calida (France), Umar/Tanil(Turkey) and Marisa/Roby (Spain).

The competition was also joinedby a number of local fishermen.

Meanwhile, some 61 foreignyachts have visited Wakatobi dis-trict, South East Sulawesi, since lastAugust 3 under the “Wakatobi SailIndonesia 2009” program.

Wakatobi Deputy District ChiefHugua said here on Thursday (Aug.27), the visits of the yachts carrying

Antara

TIMIKA - An unidentified armedgroup again attacked a Freeport ve-hicle convoy near Mile 42-41 on theTembagapura-Timika road on Fri-day at 5.25 pm local time.

The convoy comprising an em-ployee bust and a truck left Mile 50for a Timika water-channel terminalwhen being shot from the left sideof the road.

Police and military personnelguarding the Freeport convoy shotback at the attackers. There were noinjuries or casualties in the shootout.

“Yes, there was shooting aimedat a workers’ bus and trailer truck atMile 42-41 yesterday afternoon,”


JAKARTA - Indonesian policeThursday were pursuing an Al-Qaedaconnection to the twin suicide attackson Jakarta hotels, after confirmingthat a suspect in custody had been afollower of Osama bin Laden.

National police Chief BambangHendarso Danuri said the suspect,Indonesian publisher and Islamistblogger Mohammed JibrilAbdurahman — known on theInternet as the “Prince of Jihad” —was once a member of Al-Qaeda.

Mohammed Jibril was arrestedoutside Jakarta late Tuesday on sus-picion of channeling money fromabroad to finance the July 17 attackson the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton

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JAKARTA - Eight people died and 18 are feared trapped inside acargo vessel which sank on a river in Indonesia’s Borneo Island, an offi-cial said Saturday, though state media says the tolls could be much higher.

could be far higher because many ofthose who boarded the boat could havedone so without a ticket and would notappear on the manifest. Indonesia’s234 million people are spread across17,000 islands and so are heavily de-pendent on a network of ships andboats, which have a poor safety record.

Up to 335 people were killed whena ferry sank off Sulawesi Island inJanuary. In December 2006 a ferrywent down in a storm off the coast ofJava, killing more than 500 people.

Foreign tourists joinWakatobi rowing competition

foreign tourists had proven thatWakatobi with its submarine parkhad great tourism potential.

“They (the tourists) come to enjoythe beauty of Wakatobi coral reefs,” hesaid, adding that this would have a posi-tive impact on the region’s economy.

Wakatobi with its 1.3 millionhectares of marine tourism potentialshas some 750 kinds of coral reefs,while the Caribbean Sea only had 50kinds and the Red Sea 300, he said.

Mostly manned by small families(husband, wife, son or daughter), theyachts started out from Darwin, Aus-tralia, and came to Wakatobi viaSaumlaki, Masohi, Banda, Namlea(Maluku), Ternate (North Maluku),Bunaken (North Sulawesi), andBanggai (Central Sulawesi).

Freeport convoy again attacked by armed groupSenior Commissioner Agus Rianto,a spokesman of the Papua police ,said here on Saturday.

The latest shootout was part of aseries of terror actions occurring in thearea of US gold and copper miningcompany PT Freeport Indonesia inTimika, Mimika District, Papua Prov-ince, during July and August this year.

The shooting incidents whichhave killed two Freeport employees,including an Australian national,have forced a cease of the company’sworker mobility between Timikaand Tembagapura for two weeks.

More than one thousand employ-ees of PT Freeport Indonesia and itscontractors returned to work inTembagapura on Thursday (Aug.

27) after being absent for two weeksfollowing shooting incidents.

Following the shooting incidentsthat had claimed the lives of Austra-lian Drew Nicholas Grant and Freeportsecurity personnel Markus Rate Alo,as well as police second brigadierMarson Patipelohi on July 11, thePapua regional police in cooperationwith the 17th Regional Military Com-mand have deployed more than 1,000personnel to secure the Freeprot area.

The joint military and policeforce, grouped in the Timika AmoleTask force, was supposed to com-plete their task on August 18 butbecause shootings still continuedtheir duty had been extended untilsituation was conducive again.

Indonesia bomb suspect was Al-Qaeda member: policehotels, which killed nine people in-cluding the two bombers.

The blasts marked the bloody endof a four-year hiatus in such attacksin the world’s most populous Mus-lim country, and have been blamedon a terror network led by Malaysianextremist Noordin Mohammed Top.

Asked by reporters whetherMohammed Jibril had been a mem-ber of Al-Qaeda, Danuri said “yes.”

“Let the process proceed, therewill be more developments,” he said,without elaborating.

Police say they have killed threecell members and arrested five sinceJuly 17, including a Saudi nationalwho allegedly smuggled money fromabroad to pay for the operation.

The source of the funds is not

known, but police have said they areinvestigating whether the moneycame from Al-Qaeda brokers in theMiddle East or South Asia, amongother possible donors.

Mohammed Jibril studied Islamin Karachi, southern Pakistan, wherehe joined an Al-Qaeda-affiliatedgroup known as Al-Ghuraba, or TheForeigners, according to analystssuch as the Brussels-based Interna-tional Crisis Group (ICG).

Al-Ghuraba was set up in 1999 byHambali, the Indonesian allegedpoint-man for Al-Qaeda in SoutheastAsia who is in US custody atGuantanamo Bay, analysts said.

It trained Southeast Asian mem-bers of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)regional terror network blamed for

the 2002 Bali bombings that killed202 people, and served as a conduitbetween JI and Al-Qaeda.

The August 2003 arrest ofHambali, seen as JI’s operationschief, led to the breakup of Al-Ghuraba but analysts said the Paki-stan connection could have been re-established and used to finance thelatest attack in Indonesia.

Hambali’s younger brother andAl-Ghuraba alumni Gun GunRusman Gunawan was sentenced tofour years’ jail in Indonesia in 2004for helping to finance the 2003Marriott attack. He served only twoyears and is now free.

A spokesman for MohammedJibril’s family, Irfan S. Awwas, re-jected accusations the publisher had

any role in the hotel attacks.“Do you think Al-Ghuraba is a ter-

rorist movement?” he asked report-ers as he appeared with the suspect’sfather, radical cleric Abu Jibril, at thenational police headquarters to de-mand Mohammed Jibril’s release.

“As a student there (in Pakistan),anyone can join any organisation suchas Al-Ghuraba — it’s not forbidden.”

Mohammed Jibril’s publishing com-pany, Ar-Rahmah, has sold Al-Qaedapropaganda videos in Indonesia and lastyear launched Jihadmagz magazine,which glorifies global terror attacks. Hisfather was arrested in Malaysia in 2001on suspicion of being a JI member. Hewas deported to Indonesia in 2003 butserved only about five months in jailfor using a forged

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BUSINESS

The European Commission’s economicsentiment indicator for the 16 nations usingthe euro single currency rose to 80.6 pointsfrom 76 points in July, continuing a gradualclimb away from a record low 64.6 pointsin March.

The figure defied the expectations ofanalysts, polled by Dow Jones Newswires,who had predicted a more modest rise to 78points. “Recovery of the industrial confi-dence indicator continued, backed by astrong increase in production expectationsand manufacturers’ assessment of orderbooks,” the EU’s executive body said in astatement.

However, it noted that “stocks of fin-ished goods, production expectations andorder books remain well below their long-term averages.” The long-term averagerate, since 1990, is 100. Among the largerEU economies, the greatest signs of im-provement in confidence were seen in Brit-ain, up 9.7 points, followed by the Nether-lands, 7.6 points, and European economicpowerhouse Germany which saw economicsentiment rise by 5.1 points in August.

There were also “noteworthy” gains inPoland, Italy and Spain.

The commission said the increase wasdue to a general improvement across theboard, with only retail trade a little sluggish.The services sector gained considerably,while industry continued to climb out of thetrough from March.

In the wider 27-nation European Union,the economic sentiment indicator rose to80.9 points from 75 points in July.

European economic confidenceimproves: EU survey


BRUSSELS - European business and consumer confidence firmed in Au- BRUSSELS - European business and consumer confidence firmed in Au- BRUSSELS - European business and consumer confidence firmed in Au- BRUSSELS - European business and consumer confidence firmed in Au- BRUSSELS - European business and consumer confidence firmed in Au-gust for a fifth month running, an EU survey showed Friday, adding to a recentgust for a fifth month running, an EU survey showed Friday, adding to a recentgust for a fifth month running, an EU survey showed Friday, adding to a recentgust for a fifth month running, an EU survey showed Friday, adding to a recentgust for a fifth month running, an EU survey showed Friday, adding to a recentstring of encouraging news for Europe’s struggling economies.string of encouraging news for Europe’s struggling economies.string of encouraging news for Europe’s struggling economies.string of encouraging news for Europe’s struggling economies.string of encouraging news for Europe’s struggling economies.

Analysts said the figures bolstered hopesfor a recovery.

“All in all, today’s indicators will be animportant part of the ECB’s (European Cen-tral Bank) briefing files for next week,” saidCarsten Brzeski at Global Economics.

“Central bankers will be facing a some-what changed economic environment: theworst is over and the economy is stabilising,”he said, but warned: “the labour market anda possible credit crunch are clear speedbumps on the road to recovery.”

The commission’s separate business cli-mate indicator also continued to recover,improving for a fifth consecutive month witha rise to negative 2.21 points from minus 2.70points in July.

Improvement was particularly strong inproduction trends, while “both order booksand export order books continued to improvefrom the trough reached in June.

“Managers’ opinion of stocks of finishedgoods improved as well, even though thelevel of stocks was still considered exces-sive,” the commission said.

Recent data has shown European fac-tory orders up, with the eurozone monthlytrade surplus doubling.

Germany and France have lumbered outof recession and very nearly brought the restof the eurozone with them.

However amid fears of double-dip re-cession, EU commission chief Jose ManuelBarroso warned that Europe’s economy hasnot made a “firm recovery” from the crisisand the situation remains “very volatile.”

Agence France-PresseWASHINGTON - US newspaper adver-

tising revenue fell by 29 percent in the sec-ond quarter, continuing a slide which has leftmany dailies awash in a sea of red ink.

Print and online advertising revenuedropped to 6.8 billion dollars in the secondquarter of the year from 9.6 billion dollars ayear ago, according to figures released by theNewspaper Association of America (NAA).

Print advertising revenue declined by30.1 percent to 6.2 billion dollars including a40.4 percent fall in classified advertising rev-enue to 1.5 billion dollars.

Classified ad revenue at US newspapershas collapsed in recent years faced with com-petition from free online classified sites suchas Craigslist.

Online advertising revenue declined by15.9 percent in the quarter to 653.1 milliondollars.

Newspapers across the United Stateshave been grappling with a slide in advertis-ing revenue, steadily declining circulation andthe migration of readers to free news online.

NAA president and chief executive JohnSturm said the weak numbers “come as no


BERLIN - The recession in Germany,Europe’s largest economy, may be slightlyless bad than initially feared this year,Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday.

The German economy is poised toshrink “by five or six percent” in 2009,Merkel said in a speech, suggesting a pos-sible upward revision to current govern-ment forecasts which predict a contractionof six percent.

Germany has rebounded with unex-pected speed from its worst recession inover six decades, edging back to growth inthe second quarter of this year with an ex-pansion of 0.3 percent.

Positive business surveys and other

US newspaper adrevenue slide continues

surprise” and “there are, however, reasons toremain optimistic.”

“When the economy eventually beginsits recovery, advertisers will return to spend-ing, and newspapers will find themselves ex-tremely well positioned to harness the strengthof their print and digital platforms to build abrighter future,” he said in a statement.

Print advertising revenue at US newspa-pers has now fallen for 12 quarters in a rowaccording to NAA figures while online ad rev-enue has dropped for the past five quarters.

The industry has been hit by a wave ofbankruptcies, job cuts and closures includinga bankruptcy filing by the Tribune Co., ownerof the Chicago Tribune, The Los AngelesTimes and other major papers.

The 100-year-old Christian ScienceMonitor went online-only earlier this year andtwo major dailies, the Rocky Mountain Newsof Denver, Colorado, and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, have shut down in recentmonths.

With advertising revenue evaporating,top US newspaper executives have been look-ing at ways to begin charging readers for newson the Web.

German economy may dobetter than expected: Merkel

forward-looking indicators have also sug-gested brighter times ahead, prompting sev-eral private forecasters to raise their predic-tion for total economic output in 2009.

The president of the country’s centralbank, Axel Weber, said recently he alsoexpected Germany’s economy to do betterthan expected this year.

Merkel, who is aiming to secure a sec-ond term in elections on September 27,warned that while the worst may be behindGermany, it was still too soon to declarevictory against the financial crisis.

“The fact we seem to have reached thebottom must not divert us from the fact thatthis is by far the worst economic crisis thatGermany has ever had to survive in its 60years,” she said.

AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal

Posters advertise the low price of all of the goods in the window of “the 98p store”in Daslton, East London on August 22, 2009. European business and consumerconfidence firmed in August for a fifth month running, an EU survey showed Friday,adding to a recent string of encouraging news for Europe’s struggling economies.

A representative of GuinnessWorld Records was on hand to cer-tify that the giant meal prepared in a

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EHDEN - The small town of Ehden in north Lebanon gained anEHDEN - The small town of Ehden in north Lebanon gained anEHDEN - The small town of Ehden in north Lebanon gained anEHDEN - The small town of Ehden in north Lebanon gained anEHDEN - The small town of Ehden in north Lebanon gained anentry in the Guinness Book of World Records on Saturday for pro-entry in the Guinness Book of World Records on Saturday for pro-entry in the Guinness Book of World Records on Saturday for pro-entry in the Guinness Book of World Records on Saturday for pro-entry in the Guinness Book of World Records on Saturday for pro-ducing the largest ever kebbe — a dish of minced meat and crackedducing the largest ever kebbe — a dish of minced meat and crackedducing the largest ever kebbe — a dish of minced meat and crackedducing the largest ever kebbe — a dish of minced meat and crackedducing the largest ever kebbe — a dish of minced meat and crackedwheat.wheat.wheat.wheat.wheat.

festive atmosphere by 25 women inthe town square measured up beforepresenting the official paperwork.

To create the giant circular 20-square-metre (215-square-foot)kebbe they had to mix 120 kilos ofmince, 80 litres of olive oil, 80 ki-los of cracked wheat, five kilos ofsalt and a mere kilo of pepper.

After the huge dish was cookedthe certificate was officially handedover to Rima Franjieh, wife of MPSleiman Franjieh.


HANOI - Government loudspeak-ers are spreading communist propa-ganda over the streets of Hanoi aheadof the 40th anniversary Wednesdayof Ho Chi Minh’s death.

But few people seem to be listen-ing.

“The grand sacrifices (of Ho ChiMinh), brilliant moral revolutionary,remain the sun lighting the way forthe nation,” a government employeeannounces into his microphone.

Yet even the messenger doubts theeffect of his words about Ho, thecountry’s founding president.

“I see very few people listening,”he says, unwilling to be named.

They may admire Ho but many ofVietnam’s young people — whomake up more than half the popula-tion — say they have no time forgovernment campaigns in his name.

“Following someone, you do thaton your own, in your heart, not inresponse to a general movement,”said Tran Hong Linh, 19, a univer-sity student.

Construction worker NguyenThanh Lam, 20, said he heard a lotof talk on the radio about Ho, “butnothing came into my ears.”

Government campaigns forpeople to live and work according toHo’s example are a “fiasco” thatbring no benefit to the people, said ashop manager, who asked not to beidentified.

“I think he is an admirable figurealthough now there are so many op-posite opinions about his life and ca-reer,” said a woman, 28, who worksfor a foreign company and alsowould not be named.

She is among the 51 percent ofVietnam’s population who, officialdata say, are under the age of 30,meaning they were born after the waragainst the US ended in 1975 andhave grown up in the country’sbooming market economy.

Their opinions contrast markedlywith the official view that Ho Chi

Vietnam youth say no timefor Ho Chi Minh propaganda

Minh, icon of the independencestruggle, is an untouchable. Hisportrait adorns walls in cities andcountry towns alike. Official lit-erature praises his life of sacri-fice and commitment to thepeople.

Only fierce opponents of theregime and those in exile pub-lish dissident versions of his life.The exiled writer Duong ThuHuong recently released “TheZenith,” a controversial novelabout the alleged secret lover ofthe man affectionately known as“Uncle Ho”.

“Uncle Ho made many contri-butions to the country. No onecould deny that. But he’s just hu-man, like any one of us... He’snot a saint,” said a 21-year-oldlaw student who refused to givehis name.

“I am young, so I don’t knowmuch history. But he must havemade mistakes sometimes.”

Ho himself admitted in 1956that “errors” had been committedduring a land reform campaign inwhich, it was later revealed, tensof thousands were put to death.

For a long time the rulingCommunist Party played with thedates of Ho’s demise. Officialssaid he died on September 3,1969 because they did not wantto spoil Vietnam’s September 2National Day.Twenty years agothe Party officially stated that Hodied on September 2, exactly 24years after he proclaimed the in-dependence of Vietnam.

Liberation forces still facedbattle against French colonisers,who were finally pushed out in1954, leading to the country’s di-vision and setting the stage fortwo more decades of war.

After Ho’s death at the age of79, communist North Vietnamendured six more years of fight-ing against the United States andits allies in the South, until thecountry was reunified in 1975.

The ritual was led by Ida PedandaGede Putra Bajing from Geria SmertaDenpasar.

The member of Bali House of Repre-sentative consists of 24 people from In-

“We only establishing one personas a suspect while waiting for furtherinvestigation,” he added. The skipperwas very careless because didn’t pro-vide life jacket and other securityequipments to the passengers. Thehead of the harbor was also interro-gated by the police.

The boat or usually called“jangolan’ by the locals sink in Badung

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The boat was carrying 26 passen-gers and 2 ship crews. Two of thepassengers are still missing andthe rescue teams still searching fortheir whereabouts. The missingpasangers are Ketut Satu, 50 yearsold and Made Payur, 47 years old.

In order to prevent similar ac-cident from happening, the policewill tighten the inspection regard-ing the standard of sailing in Bali.

Agence France-PresseLUKLA - Over two decades,

Funuru Sherpa has watched the lakeabove his native village ofDengboche in Nepal’s Himalayasgrow, as the glacier that feeds it melts.

The 29-year-old, who runs a busyInternet cafe for tourists visiting theEverest region, remembers his grand-father telling him that 50 years agothe lake did not exist.

“Before, it was all ice,” he toldAFP in the eastern Himalayan townof Lukla, in the shadow of MountEverest.

“This is proof that the glaciers inthe high Himalayas are melting. Andthat must be because the temperatureshave gone up.”

Scientists say the Imja Glacierabove Dengboche is retreating byabout 70 metres (230 feet) a year, andthe melting ice has formed a hugelake that could devastate villagesdownstream if it bursts.

Melting glaciers threaten ‘Nepal tsunami’The trend is not new. Nepal’s In-

ternational Centre for IntegratedMountain Development (ICIMOD),which has studied the Himalayas forthree decades, says many of thecountry’s glaciers have been retreat-ing for centuries.

But ICIMOD glaciologistSamjwal Ratna Bajracharya said thiswas now happening at an alarmingspeed, with temperatures in theHimalayas rising at a much faster ratethan the global average.

“Our studies of the past 30 yearsshow that the temperatures (in theHimalayas) are rising up to eighttimes faster than the global average.Melting is taking place higher andfaster,” Bajracharya told AFP.

“The melting of glaciers and for-mation of glacier lakes is a key indi-cator of the temperature rise. Andlately, we have seen massive icemelt.”

Nepal has more than 2,300 gla-

cial lakes and experts say at least 20are in danger of bursting.

At almost one square kilometre(0.38 square miles), the Imja lake isthe country’s second biggest, esti-mated to hold 36 million cubic metres(47 million cubic yards) of water, andis considered the biggest flood threat.

It is a subject close to the heart ofNepalese mountaineer Apa Sherpa,who has climbed Everest a record 19times.

In 1985 Apa Sherpa lost his houseand farm when the Dig Tsho glaciallake burst, causing a giant wave toflow down the mountain.

Seven people were killed by theflood, which swept away bridges andhouses and destroyed a new hydro-power station. “For me, climatechange is personal,” said the climber,who dedicated his latest Everest ex-pedition to raising awareness of theimpact of climate change on moun-tain communities.

AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH BARRAK

Lebanese women cut the biggest kibbeh dish, a middle eastern specialty made of bulgur andspiced minced meat, after entering the Guinness World Records in the town of Ihden in north-ern Lebanon on August 29, 2009. Twenty five Lebanese women prepared the dish that had thearea of 20 square meters (215 square foot) and weighed at 233 kilogram (523 pounds).

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Denpasar

There are 4 major hospitals usually used by foreigners -Denpasar General Hospital(RSUP Sanglah), Kasih Ibu Hospital, Rumah Sakit Wongayaand Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada.

RSUP Sanglah is the main provincial public hospital. Itsfacilities have improved since the emergency ward had beenbuilt in 1991. Difficult/critical cases would not become aproblem anymore since it has complete equipments. It islocated on Jl. KesehatanSelatan 1 Sanglah Denpasar with :Phone : 227 911 – 15Fax : 226 363

Kasih Ibu Hospital is a private hospital which caters forless serious cases such as diarrhea, intestinal disorders, ane-mia, asthma and minor accidents. Kasih Ibu is also equippedto care for pregnant women. This hospital is located on Jl.Teuku Umar 120 Denpasar.Phone : 223 036Fax : 268 690.

Rumah Sakit Wongaya (Public Hospital; Psychiatric Unit)Jl. Kartini, Denpasar.Phone : 222 142.

Rumah Sakit Dharma Husada , (Private)Jl. Sudirman No 50, DenpasarPhone : 227 560, 234 824

In relating with health, Bali also has insurance and medicalevacuation company, thatis:AEA International - SOS Assistance Bali.PT Abhaya Eka Astiti, Jl. By Pass Ngurah RaiNo. 24X, Kuta 80361.Phone : 755 768 Fax : 755 768One thing that should be noted by tourists here is that theBlood Bank in Bali normally carries no stock of Rhesus (Rh)Negative blood.

Badung

Bali Medical ClinicsThere are some medical clinics that are well known by for-eigners in Bali. Some of them are western owned and oper-ated :

Bali International Medical Center (BIMC)Bali International Medical Centre (BIMC) provides excel-lent Primary Health Care & Emeregency Medical Servicesfor tourists, traveler, and expatriate living in Bali.Emeregency Room, Ambulance, Clinic Services, Insurance& Medical Evacuations also available. Open 24 hours Phone: 761 2631. Located Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai No.100X, Kuta,Bali 80361 - Indonesia. http://www.bimcbali.com

International SOS Clinic BaliOpened in 1999, offers International SOS members and visi-tors to Bali comprehensive primary health care and 24-houremergency medical service.Jl. By Pass Ngurah Rai 505X, Kuta 80361, Bali - IndonesiaPhone : 720 100 Fax : 721 919E-mail : [email protected] ://www.sos-bali.com

Bali Nusa Dua Emergency ClinicJl Pratama No. 81 Phone : 771 324

Kuta ClinicJl. Raya Kuta Phone : 753 268

Dental ClinicDr Indra Guizot, Jl. Patimura 19, DenpasarPhone : 222 445, 234 375

DDS. Ritjie Rihartinah, Jl Pratama No. 81Nusa Dua Phone : 771 324

Retno W. Agung, Jln. Bypass Ngurah Rai No.4ABr. Tamansari – Sanur Phone : 288 501

Australian Consulate GeneralJalan Tantular 32 Renon DenpasarPhone: +62 361 241118Fax: +62 361 221195 (General) +62 361 241120 (Immigration)

Royal Danish & NorwegianMimpi Resort Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 070

The Czech RepublicJalan Pengembak No. 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.286 465

France Consulate AgencyJalan Merta Sari Gang II No. 8 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.285 485

The Federal Republic of GermanyJalan Pantai Karang No 17 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.288 535

The Republic of HungaryJalan By Pass No 219 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.287 701

Italian ConsulateJalan By Pass Ngurah Rai Jimbaran, BaliPhone +62.361.701 005

Honorary Consulate of MexicoJalan Mohamad Yamin 1 A, Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.223 266

Honorary Consulate of The NetherlandsJalan Raya Kuta 127, BaliPhone +62.361.761 506

Honorary Consulate of SpainKomplek Istana Kuta Galleria Blok Vallet 2 No 11. JalanPatih Jelantik Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.769 286

USA Consulate AgencyJalan Hayam Wuruk No. 188 Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.222 426

Consulate General of JapanJalan Raya Puputan No. 170 Renon, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.227 628

Honorary Consulate of BritishJalan Tirta Nadi No. 20 Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.270 601

Swiss and Austria ConsulateJalan Patih Jelantik, Komplek Pertokoan IstanaGalleriaPhone +62.361.751 735

Honorary Consulate of BrazilJalan Legian No. 186, BaliPhone +62.361.757 775

Honorary Consulate of ThailandJalan Raya Puputan Renon 81, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.263 310

Embassy of IndiaJalan Raya Puputan Renon 42-44, Denpasar, BaliPhone +62.361.241 978

Honorary Consulate of Sweden anf FinlandSegara Village Hotel, Jalan Segara Ayu, Sanur, BaliPhone +62.361.282 223

Honorary Consulate of MalaysiaAlam Kulkul Boutique Resort, Jalan Pantai Kuta, BaliPhone +62.361.752 520

Bangli

Bangli General HospitalJl. Kesumayuda 27, BangliPhone : +62 366 91521

Gianyar

Clinic MasJl. Raya Mas, UbudPhone : +62 361 974573

Toyo ClinicJl. Pengosekan, UbudPhone : +62 361 978078

Permata Bunda ClinicJl. Patih Jelantik 50 X, GianyarPhone : +62 361 942082

Ubud ClinicJl Raya Ubud No.36 Campuhan, UbudPhone : +62 361 974911

Gianyar General HospitalJl. Ciung Wanara 2, GianyarPhone : +62 361 943049

Karangasem

Karangasem General HospitalJl. Ngurah Rai, KarangasemPhone : +62 363 21001

Klungkung

Klungkung General HospitalJl. Flamboyan 40-4, KlungkungPhone : +62 366 21371

Negara

Negara General HospitalJl. Gelar, NegaraPhone : +62 365 41006

Tabanan

Laboratorium ClinicJl. Gunung semeru No. 8, TabananPhone : +62 361 819260

Mengwi ClinicJl. I Gusti Ngurah Rai 46, TabananPhone : +62 361 880550

Darma Kerti HospitalJl. Teratai 16, TabananPhone : +62 361 812359

Tabanan General HospitalJl. Pahlawan 14, TabananPhone : +62 361 811027

Praja Taxi : (0361) 289090Bali Taxi : (0361) 701111Ngurah Rai Taxi : (0361) 724724Pan Wirthi Taxi : (0361) 723366Komotra Taxi : (0361) 758855

Singaraja

Prodia ClinicJl. RA Kartini 12, Singaraja Bali0362 - 24-516

Singaraja HospitalJl. Ngurah Rai 30, Singaraja Bali0362 - 22-573

Pet ClinicsKayumas: (0361) 226934Sayang Binatang: (0361) 483121Satwa Kertha Husada: (0361) 263018Pantai Sindhu: (0361) 287518Sidakarya: (0361) 724492Pedungan: (0361) 720026

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An autopsy Saturday of the 36-year-old was inconclusive, said thespokeswoman, Ellen Borakove.

A law enforcement official told TheAssociated Press that police found acrack pipe and prescription pills in theapartment where they discovered DJAM’s body Friday evening. The offi-cial spoke to The Associated Press oncondition of anonymity because theinvestigation was ongoing.

DJ AM, whose real name wasAdam Goldstein, had openly dis-cussed past addictions to crack co-caine, Ecstasy and other drugs. InOctober, MTV was to debut his re-ality show, “Gone Too Far,” inwhich he and concerned familiesstaged interventions for drug abus-


VIENNA – Quentin Tarantino’snew film “Inglourious Basterds”about a Jewish militia that killedand scalped Nazis in World War IIis not as far-fetched as it mightsound.

In fact, there was a real-lifesquadron of Jewish soldiers whohunted down SS officers in Austriaimmediately after the war in anoperation called “Nakam” (ven-geance in Hebrew), according toone of the troop’s last survivors, 88-year-old Chaim Miller.

“We operated in the south ofAustria in the days just after the warended,” the Vienna-born Israeli toldAFP via telephone from a Kibbutznear Jerusalem.

“We were soldiers in the JewishBrigade group of the British armystationed in Tarvisio, Italy, close tothe Austrian border. Yugoslav par-tisans had given us lists of namesof Nazi criminals and so we wentin groups of three to secretly searchthem out,” Miller recalled.

“At first they thought they weresimply dealing with the Britishmilitary police. They got a shock

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MEXICO CITY – They say theybeat it. Thousands of Mexicansclaimed they broke the record formost people dancing to “Thriller”simultaneously in one place on Sat-urday, which would have beenMichael Jackson’s 51st birthday.

“We did it!” organizer JavierHildago shouted to thousands ofpeople wearing black fedoras,white gloves, aviator shades andghoulish face paint, breathless af-ter trying to recreate thegroundbreaking 1983 video. Did

AP Photo/David KarpThe body of Adam Goldstein, a celebrity disc jockey known as DJ AM is removed from his apartmentbuilding in New York, Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. DJ AM, the sought-after disc jockey who became a celebrity inhis own right with high-profile romances and a glamorous lifestyle and survived a plane crash just monthsago, was found dead in his apartment Friday. He had a history of drug problems.

DJ AM autopsy inconclusive;DJ AM autopsy inconclusive;DJ AM autopsy inconclusive;DJ AM autopsy inconclusive;DJ AM autopsy inconclusive;more tests plannedmore tests plannedmore tests plannedmore tests plannedmore tests plannedAssociated Press Writer

NEW YORK – Authorities will need to conduct toxicology tests,expected to take weeks, to determine what killed celebrity disc jockeyDJ AM, a medical examiner’s office spokeswoman said Saturday.

ers. MTV hasn’t said whetherGoldstein’s show will air.

In an interview with the AP lastmonth, he said the show provided a“terrifying” reminder of his own ad-diction. “I have to constantly remindmyself why I’m here and rememberwhat it was like,” he said.

Goldstein rose to fame several yearsago as a deejay known for his mashups— blends of at least two songs. He per-formed in clubs, on concert stages andat exclusive Hollywood parties. Hispersonal life also garnered attention, ashe dated actress-singer Mandy Mooreand reality TV star Nicole Richie, thedaughter of singer Lionel Richie.

Goldstein was critically hurt in aplane crash last September in Colum-

bia, S.C., that killed four people. Hewas flying in a Learjet after a perfor-mance with Travis Barker, a drum-mer for the pop-punk band Blink-182and Goldstein’s partner in the duoTRVSDJ-AM. Barker and Goldsteinwere burned. Goldstein had to getskin graft surgery but resumed per-forming about a month later. He toldthe AP he felt blessed to have survivedbut was still shaken by the crash.

“I guess I get why they call it‘post-trauma,’ because it was verytough. I have really bad days, and Ihave really OK days,” he said.

His body was found after a friendcalled police to say he was unableto get into the home in New YorkCity’s trendy SoHo neighborhood.Paramedics had to break down thedoor before they found him, shirtlessand wearing sweatpants, in his bedaround 5:20 p.m. on Friday, the lawenforcement official said. There wasno evidence of foul play.

‘Operation Nakam’: truestory behind Tarantino’s film

when we later showed them ourStars of David. But by then, it wasalready too late for them,” he said.

“We took them to some woodson the Italian side, gave them a‘hearing’ for half an hour and thenexplained to them they’d pay. Theyremained in the woods forever,”Miller said.

“I participated in a number ofactions of this type and severalother groups worked in the sameway.”

Historians are divided about theexact number of executions carriedout in the operation, which wascoordinated by the future chief ofstaff of the Israeli army, ChaimLaskov, with estimates rangingfrom 100 to 300.

Born Alfred Mueller in 1921 inin a working-class neighbourhoodin Vienna, Chaim Miller emigratedto Palestine in February 1939 afterthe Nazi annexation of Austria. Hisparents stayed in Vienna and weremurdered in the Holocaust.

In Palestine, Mueller joined thesecret Jewish defence army Haganahand the “German Platoon” whichconsisted of 40 German-speakingJews with Aryan looks who wouldinfiltrate and operate behind Germanlines should the Germans everthreaten to take Palestine.

“In preparation, we underwentthe perfect German soldier’s deserttraining, with weapons, uniformsand even learned to sing theWehrmacht songs,” Miller recalled.

Erwin Rommel’s defeat in August1942 rendered the project obsolete.But most of the soldiers of the “Ger-man Platoon”, which was eventuallyintegrated into the Jewish Brigade ofthe 8th British army, took part in Op-eration Nakam in 1945.

“We were driven by a desire forrevenge. We knew that the over-whelming majority of SS criminalswould never be brought to justice,”Miller said.

Winfried Garscha, historian atVienna’s DOeW or DocumentationCentre of Austrian Resistance, con-firmed this: “At most, only around10-15 percent of those guilty ofNazi crimes were sentenced at theend of the war, in Austria, Germanyand in Italy,” he told AFP.

AFP/HO/FileChief of staff of the Israeli armyChaim Laskov is seen posing fora photo in 1958. Historians be-lieve Laskov was involved in mi-litia operations to kill Nazis inWorld War II, as portrayed inQuentin Tarantino’s new film“Inglourious Basterds”.

Did Mexico beat it? Fans go for ‘Thriller’ recordthey? The Guinness Book of WorldRecords will decide in a week.

The current record was set in Mayby a group of 242 College of William& Mary students who performed theroutine in Williamsburg, Virginia, ac-cording to Guinness.

Hildago claimed 12,937 peopledanced Saturday in front of MexicoCity’s Monument of the Revolution,

led by a Michael Jackson imperson-ator wearing a red-and-gold se-quined jacket.

But Guinness must certify whetherall those people really performed theentire, intricate routine. The imper-sonator, who goes by the name Hec-tor Jackson, and most of those in frontof a huge crowd of onlookers cer-tainly looked pretty good.

Michael Jackson’s impersonator Hector Jackson, performs withthousands of people at the Monument of the Revolution in Mexico City,

during an attempt to break the Guinness World record of peopledancing US late pop star Michael Jackson’s Thriller, Saturday, Aug. 29,2009. The event was organized as a tribute to Jackson on his birthday. AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills

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TRIPOLI - Libyan leaderMoamer Kadhafi, who celebrates40 years in power on Tuesday, hasimposed himself as a key interna-tional player the West cannot ig-nore despite his decades-long im-age of political pariah.

As a young colonel, Kadhafi onSeptember 1, 1969, led a coupoverthrowing the Western-backedelderly King Idriss, and quicklyestablished himself as a belliger-ent, unpredictable and flamboyantleader of the oil-rich nation.

Reputedly born in a Bedouintent in the desert near Sirte in1942, Kadhafi alienated the Westsoon after seizing power, accusingit of launching a “new crusade”


BERLIN - Germany’s SocialDemocrats hope to wrest twostates from Chancellor AngelaMerkel’s conservatives in pollsSunday and slow her formidablemomentum toward a second termin next month’s general election.

The Social Democrats, juniorpartners in Merkel’s fractious left-right government, are gunning forruling majorities in two of threestate elections and dreaming ofturning the tide ahead of the Sep-tember 27 national poll.

Some 6.2 million voters arecalled to cast ballots in the ex-communist eastern states ofSaxony and Thuringia andSaarland on the French border.

The polls come at the end of atough week for Merkel, amid tur-moil over the future of automakerOpel, sniping between her conser-vatives and their favoured coali-tion partners, the pro-businessFree Democrats (FDP), and a flap

Hundreds of people queued upin front of schools turned into poll-ing stations in several districts of thecapital Libreville which opened twohours late. The election could keepthe presidency in the hands ofBongo’s family, with his son andformer defence minister Ali Bongo,50, favoured to come out on topagainst 17 other candidates.

Omar Bongo, 73, had beenAfrica’s longest serving ruler, and


COPENHAGEN - A Saudi law-yer has demanded a public apologyfrom a number of Danish dailies thatreprinted a controversial cartoon ofProphet Mohammed in February2008, Danish media reported onSunday.

The lawyer, identified as FaisalA.Z. Yamani from Jeddah, sent anemail to the newspapers that repub-lished the drawing first printed in2005 and demanded that they printan apology by the end of Septem-ber, Danish news agency Ritzau re-ported.

“It should be a clear, public and

Setbacks loom for Merkel partyin general election warm-up

over a dinner she held forGermany’s top banker.

Merkel’s Christian Union(CDU/CSU) is leading the SocialDemocrats (SPD) at the nationallevel by an around 15-point mar-gin.

But polls show the conserva-tives may lose power in Thuringiaand Saarland while holding ontothe state house in Saxony.

The Social Democrats say theyare prepared to take over by enter-ing into alliances with the far-leftDie Linke, a relatively new politi-cal party comprised of disaffectedSPD members and former EastGerman communists.

“Red-red” coalitions are com-mon in the east of the reunitedcountry but have been taboo in thewest, where many see Die Linkeas too radical and tainted by its his-torical links with the party thatbuilt the Berlin Wall.

Saarland would be the firstwestern state to see such a govern-ing alliance.

Kadhafifrom bad boy to keyplayer on world stage

against the Arabs.His idol was Egyptian president

and fervent Arab nationalist GamalAbdel Nasser, and he has variouslydeclared himself a fan of MaoZedong, Stalin and even Hitler.

Libya was for decades linked toa spate of terrorist attacks the worldover, with Kadhafi also being ac-cused of using Libya’s oil wealth— the country is Africa’s thirdlargest producer after Nigeria andAngola — to fund and arm rebelgroups across Africa and beyond.

Libya became an internationalpariah in the aftermath of the 1988Lockerbie airliner bombing but re-lations began to thaw when itagreed in 2003 to pay compensa-tion to the families of the 270people who were killed. Saudi lawyer seeks apology over

Danish Mohammed rowunconditional apology for the of-fence and harm caused by theirnewspaper,” Yamani wrote, demand-ing that the statement appear in thefirst three pages of the newspaperand in four languages, Danish,French, English and Arabic.

The caricature features ProphetMohammed’s head with a turbandesigned to look like a bomb with alit fuse.

It was one of 12 cartoons firstpublished in a Danish newspaper in2005 and which sparked violent pro-tests across the Muslim world inearly 2006.

It was reprinted in mid-February2008 by some 17 newspapers after

Danish police foiled an alleged plotto kill the cartoonist, again trigger-ing angry reactions in numerousMuslim countries.

Yamani suggested in the emailthat Danish interests in the MiddleEast could suffer if an apology wasnot forthcoming.

Danish products have been boy-cotted in some Middle Eastern coun-tries in recent years because of thedispute.

The Danish newspapers’ associa-tion, Danske Dagblades Forening,said it would consult the foreign andjustice ministry next week, and con-tact Danish newspapers to see howmany had received the email.

Gabon votes to pickGabon votes to pickGabon votes to pickGabon votes to pickGabon votes to picklate leader’s successorlate leader’s successorlate leader’s successorlate leader’s successorlate leader’s successorAgence France-Presse

LIBREVILLE - Gabonese voters stood in long lines Sunday to picka successor to Omar Bongo Ondimba, who ruled the oil-rich nationfor 41 years before his death in June.

opposition candidates have pledgedto end what they call deep-rootedcorruption as well as bring about agreater distribution of resources.

Meanwhile, Ali Bongo, whoboasts the backing of the rulingGabonese Democratic Party and ahuge campaign war chest, has bothdefended his father’s legacy and la-beled detractors turncoats while alsopledging change.

“It’s not contradictory — not at

all,” he told AFP while attending afinal campaign rally on Saturday.

Pointing to thousands of support-ers chanting his name, he said,“How could I not be confident?”

Gabon is sub-Saharan Africa’sfourth biggest oil producer, theworld’s third biggest provider ofmanganese, a metal with industrialmetal alloy uses, particularly in stain-less steels, and Africa’s second big-gest wood exporter. But an estimated60 percent of the population of 1.5million live below the poverty line.

Though candidates have decriedthe lack of development in the westAfrican nation, several served in thegovernment for years.

AFP PHOTO/ ISSOUF SANOGO

A woman cast her vote at a polling station in Libreville on August 30, 2009. The election could keep thepresidency in the hands of Bongo’s family, with his son and former defence minister Ali Bongo, 50, favouredto come out on top against 17 other candidates. More than 300 observers have been accredited for thevote, including from the African Union, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference and a global groupingof francophone countries.

AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD TURKIA

A picture taken on April 15, 2007 shows Libyan Leader MoamerKadhafi during a ceremony in Tripoli to mark the 21st anniversaryof the US attack on Libya.

Chances are you are dealing witha brand based in Singapore, the af-fluent city-state that has broken be-yond its compact size to become aregional economic powerhouse.

With the global economy appar-ently on the mend, Singapore Inc. isall set to reap the benefits of stepped-up spending by Asia’s middle andupper classes in the coming years.

Singapore Airlines has long beenan iconic brand, but newer nameslike resort and spa operator BanyanTree have established themselves astop-tier players in the region, andtheir ambitions go even further.

“From the very beginning whenwe created Banyan Tree, we said thatwe needed to be a global company,”the firm’s founder and executivechairman Ho Kwon Ping said at arecent news conference. “If youdon’t globalise... you eventuallystagnate,” he added.

Conceived in Singapore and bornon the territory of an abandoned tinmine on the Thai island of Phuket15 years ago, Banyan Tree has es-tablished itself as a leading luxuryhospitality chain rivaling the likes of


TOKYO - Japan’s politicianshave been trying to drum up elec-tion fever this summer, but follow-ers of a growing craze are more ex-cited about strongmen who havebeen dead for centuries — samuraiwarriors.

A mania over feudal warlordshas been sweeping Japan, captur-ing the imagination of many in away that grey-suited lawmakers canonly dream of as they brave thesweltering dog days ahead of anelection on Sunday.

Japan’s medieval knights havebecome all the rage, battling it outin video games, on cinema screensand in manga comics as sexysword-wielding hunks.

Sales of their biographies havesurged, their family coats of armshave been snapped up as luckycharms, and their former castles arebeing besieged by legions of fansyearning for a brush with Japan’slong-gone martial noblemen.

Samurai figures now beckonfrom cellphone wallpapers, and thewives of famous warrior-lords havebecome the stars of high-rating his-torical TV dramas.

The general history magazine“Rekishi Kaido” (“History Road”)has run cover stories on samurailords almost every month for thepast year.

The history fad — worth 745million dollars a year, according toDai-ichi Life Research Instituteeconomist Toshihiro Nagahama —has been driven by hit video gamesand the A-List casts of popularsamurai television dramas.

But some social observers alsosay the trend reflects a deeperyearning for potent leaders in acountry fatigued by recession anduninspired by a bland political sys-tem dominated by two centristmainstream parties.

In testing times like these,“people tend to turn to strong sym-bolic figures on whom they can

RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE AFP PHOTO / HO / Banyan Tree Resorts

This handout picture provided by Banyan Tree Resort on August 14, 2009 shows a resort in Mayakoba,Mexico. Next time you stay in a luxury resort, buy a loaf of bread, open a bank account, sit on a massagechair, grab a sushi or sip a beer anywhere in Asia, check the company’s country of origin. Chances are youare dealing with a brand based in Singapore, the affluent city-state that has broken beyond its compactsize to become a regional economic powerhouse.

From beer to banks,From beer to banks,From beer to banks,From beer to banks,From beer to banks,Singapore Inc.Singapore Inc.Singapore Inc.Singapore Inc.Singapore Inc.expands across Asiaexpands across Asiaexpands across Asiaexpands across Asiaexpands across AsiaAgence France Presse

SINGAPORE - Next time you stay in a luxury resort, buy a loaf ofbread, open a bank account, sit on a massage chair, grab a sushi or sipa beer anywhere in Asia, check the company’s country of origin.

Four Seasons.It is working to spread its formula

of Asian romance, rejuvenation andsensuality to other continents withexclusive properties costing as muchas 3,300 US dollars a night to stay in.

Over the next 12 months, thechain expects to open resorts in theUnited Arab Emirates as well asAcapulco, Mexico.

Other Singaporean companies areenjoying similar success throughoutthe Asian region, establishing them-selves in a diverse field of industries.

OSIM, a maker of electronic mas-sage chairs and other lifestyle prod-ucts like air purifiers, has over 1,100outlets spread across 28 countriesconcentrated mainly in the region.

“Singapore is a small countrywith a small domestic market, there-fore it is critical for us to grow anexternal economy with Hong Kong,Taiwan, Malaysia and now China,”OSIM founder and chief executiveRon Sim told AFP.

“Going forward, we believe thatKorea and Japan are markets we arelooking forward to, and India willbe key too,” he said.

Budget carrier Tiger Airways isalso becoming a mainstay in thetravel industry, having established awide network across the Asia-Pa-cific region with flights to 19 desti-nations from Singapore.

“Asia remains a priority,” saidRosalynn Tay, Tiger Airways’ man-aging director for Singapore.

“The region has a large popula-tion base and air transport remainsthe most practical mode of trans-port.”

It is not to be mistaken for TigerBeer, now one of the most popularbeverages in Southeast Asia.

First brewed locally in 1932when Singapore was still under Brit-ish colonial rule, it has won overdrinkers beyond the region thanksto aggressive marketing and expan-sion of brewing operations to keymarkets.

Bakery chain BreadTalk, whichgained instant success at home withits freshly baked buns, has movedon to build a loyal base of custom-ers in Indonesia, the Philippines,China and Hong Kong.

Sakae Sushi, a restaurant thatserves affordable Japanese food onconveyor belts, now has more than70 outlets throughout the region in-cluding the main cities of Indone-sia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philip-pines and China.

In testing times, samuraicraze sweeps Japan

project their ideals,” said HidekiNakagawa, a Nihon University so-ciology professor and an expert onpop culture.

What started out as a trendamong video game nerds eruptedinto a mainstream craze this yearafter young women latched onto it.Japanese media quickly found a la-bel for them — “rekijo,” or femalehistory geeks.

In a society where market re-searchers recently identified a newmale demographic as passive ‘her-bivores’, “women seek ‘super car-nivorous males’,” said IchiyaNakamura, a media and pop cultureresearcher at Keio University.

“The warlords were differentfrom the cold-eyed, dispassionateJapanese men of today,” he said.“They stood out because of theirstrong personalities.”

In a store dedicated to samuraibooks and paraphernalia, a 17-year-old female fan agreed wholeheart-edly, gushing that the “warlords sac-rificed themselves for justice and toprotect the people.” Now, shescoffed, “politics purely serves theinterests of politicians.”

Currently hip warlords includeOda Nobunaga, the first leader tobring Japan under unified rule, andDate Masamune, dubbed the “One-Eyed Dragon” after his solitary eyeand known for his iconic helmetwith a blade-like crescent.

“We are in an era that lacks politi-cians with strong resolve,” saidFumikazu Oyama, 39, browsingthrough a bookstore specialising in theSengoku or Warring States Period,which lasted from the 15th to the 17thcenturies. “They only procrastinateand delay solving problems.”

“Japan will surely worsen if thissituation continues,” he added, leaf-ing through samurai biographies ina section labelled “The Male Re-solve.”

At the Tokyo bookstore Jidaiyasales of samurai biographies havejumped 10-fold over the past year,a spokeswoman said.

AFP PHOTO / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA

Bookstore Jidaiya mistress Misuzu Omae (R) and a shop clerk wear-ing Samurai warrior armour (L) pose at the entrance of the shop inTokyo on August 1, 2009. A mania over feudal warlords has beensweeping Japan, capturing the imagination of many in a way thatgrey-suited lawmakers can only dream of as they campaign in thesweltering summer days ahead of August 30 polls.

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Based on the information, the re-veal of his death commenced whenhe did not go home to his house onJalan Pedungan since Wednesday af-ternoon. Though he previously oncetold to have overtime at his office, thestate of he did not go home remainedto make his family worried.

Cleaning service attendant whowould like to cleanse his room in theafternoon saw him working there.Vrisa once rejected the attendantwho wanted to cleanse his room.

Having not gone home for twodays, his younger brother, CokordaBrahma Indarta, decided to look forhis elder brother to the office on Fri-day morning. Accompanied by acleaning service attendant, Indartasaw the bag of his brother lying on

Bali Post

Negara — Up to now, the Japa-nese expatriate gets involved inthe injustice case, KazumiHanamura remains to be in jail ofJembrana Resort Police. Days ofthe Manager of PT Dairin Indo-nesia operating the Megumibottled drinking water companyis now gazing the thickness ofjail’s wall, together with othersuspects.

Hanamura who commenced tolead the Megumi since last Feb-ruary could not speak fluent In-donesian. As consequence, at ev-ery examination he should be ac-companied by an interpreter. As aspecial man to government ofJembrana, Hanamura often gotspecial attention from a numberof officials in the regency govern-ment who knew him.

Since he came into jail ofJembrana Resort Police, a num-ber of officials visited the resort.According to information, thenight after Kazumi was reportedto police, Regional Secretary ofJembrana, I Gede Suinaya, once

Bali Post

Gianyar — Joint team of theArmed Forces, Police and Civil Ser-vant Police Unit of Gianyar Regency,Friday, August 28th 2009, conductedan investigation at the area ofPasdalem early in the morning. Theoperation executed at the location re-lated to the information mentioningthe existence of the wanted terrorist

Bali Post

Denpasar — Having made in-vestigation for one day, the team ofCriminal Researcher of South KutaSector Police finally could revealthe case on the incineration ofYamaha Mio with police numberDK 8180 DT. The motorbike thatwas previously reported to set firewas in fact intentionally burned.The doers have been arrested by theSouth Kuta Sector Police.

Head of the South Kuta SectorPolice, Nanang Prihasmoko, saidthat the suspect namedMohammad Rifky Maulana aliasKiki (15) and Edi Purnomo (19),dwellers staying at a shed on JalanUluwatu Gang Lestari, Jimbaran,South Kuta, Badung. They werecaptured after the police per-formed an intensive investigation.

“We could capture them lastnight (Wednesday, Aug 26—Ed).Now, the suspects remain to be

Due to an Issue of Terrorist Enters Gianyar, Pasdalem Scrutinized

A Civil Servant PoliceA Civil Servant PoliceA Civil Servant PoliceA Civil Servant PoliceA Civil Servant PoliceUnit Dies at BathroomUnit Dies at BathroomUnit Dies at BathroomUnit Dies at BathroomUnit Dies at BathroomBali Post

Denpasar — The Office of Denpasar Civil Servant Police Unit located on Jalan Kecubung Denpasar, FridayAugust 28th 2009 turned into commotion. Because, the Division Head of Tranquility, Protocol Affairs, Enter-tainment and Disputes, Cokorda Raka Vrisa who was 45 years old was found stretching out stiffly in the bath-room of his office on the second floor. His corpse was then brought to Sanglah Hospital to be examined.

the table. Since he heard the soundof flowing water in the bathroom,he approached the closed door ofthe bathroom. When opened, in factVrisa has stretched out stiffly.

“The cleaning service attendantdare not knock at the door of bath-room because it was closed and thewater keeps on flowing,” said oneof the Civil Servant Police Unit ac-companying the corpse to SanglahHospital. A number of officials inthe circle of his office thronged themorgue of Sanglah Hospital. Simi-larly, the Head of Denpasar Officeof Civil Servant Police Unit, IBMBrahma Putra, together with his ap-paratus accompanied him as well.

In the meantime, Coordinator ofForensic Medical Installation Ser-

vices of Sanglah Hospital, DudutRustyadi, justified the existence ofthe case. “We just made an externalexamination. The result indicatedthere were no any marks of physi-cal violences. The victim has diedsome two days before so that it hasbeen found the signs of decay,”Dudut said.

One of the victim’s cousins,Cokorda Alit, said that Vrisa previ-ously looked healthy and in goodcondition. From his marriage withAA Diah Wahyuni were bestowedthree children. Visa’s corpse wasbrought to his home village atKlungkung Royal Palace. “We re-main to discuss about his funeralprocession,” said Cokorda Alit.(kmb24/kmb12)

has entered the Gianyar territory.Investigation was held at 00:30 in-

volved tens of personnel. All com-plexes existing in the Pasdalem areawere frisked. A number of boardinghouses and houses belonging to localdwellers were investigated. Ulti-mately, the target of operation did notgive the expected result. It only en-countered some dwellers that had noidentity of seasonal local migrants.

Information gathered at locationindicated that the issue on the exist-ence of one of the terrorists made thePolice, Armed Forces and Civil Ser-vant Police Unit turn alert that evening.Through coordination, all institutionswere amassed instantly, and they madeinvestigation straightforwardly. How-ever, during the investigation no bodyknew the appearance of the terroristmeant. The apparatus only encoun-

tered some seasonal local migrants andexamined their identity.

Such sudden operation made thedwellers of mosque complex at Pasdalemarea surprised. However, some dwellersinhabiting the Javanese Kampong com-plex, on average, have lived in Gianyarfor so long. Only few of them were newarrivals. They had identity card from theregion of origin, and some had expiredidentity card of Bali and other identity.

Head of Gianyar Resort Police,Putra Astawa, chaired the operationimplied it implicitly. “The control en-deavor performed together with theArmed Forces and Civil Servant Po-lice Unit denotes an anticipative mea-sure against the attack of terrorism. Wewould not like to be neglectful. Simi-lar measures will keep on carrying outin several areas categorized into greyzones,” he explained. (kmb16)

Manager of MegumiSent to Jail

made a visit to Jembrana ResortPolice. This Japanese man whowears glasses was also visited byDivision Head of Population Reg-istration, Manpower, Civil Registra-tion, IGP Sudhiarsa, Thursday, Au-gust 27th 2009.

The Unit Head of Criminal Re-searcher of Jembrana Resort Police,Ketut Suparta, under permission of theHead of Jembrana Resort Police, saidthat his party was investigating thecase pursuant to the existing mecha-nism and procedures. “In addition, wealso remain to develop the case,” hesaid. The striking incident denoted theheight of irritation of such Japaneseman because the employees previ-ously always went home ahead oftime. Meanwhile, the victim himselfwould like to break up the act ofKazumi who would strike anotheremployee. However, the victimWayan Astina was assumed to threathim, so that the victim was struck onleft side of his head until causing torninjury and was given three sutures.Since last Tuesday August 25th 2009,Kazumi was arrested in jail and ac-cused to infringe the Article 351 ofCriminal Codes. (sur)

Doers of Mio MotorbikeIncineration, Arrested

examined by the investigator. A pro-visional result of the investigationshows that the motorbike belongingto Yunianto was intentionally incin-erated,” explained Nanang to journal-ists, Thursday August 27th 2009.

It was said that such incident tookplace in the shed on Jalan UluwatuI Gang Lestari #26X, South Kuta,Tuesday August 25th 2009 at 02:00Local Time. The doers deliberatelypoured kerosene to the motorbike ofthe victim. Afterward, the doers ig-nited a lighter and incinerated it. Im-mediately, the flames spread andburned the entire motorbike.

Incident of the motorbike incinera-tion promptly made the owner surprised.He extinguished it accompanied by sur-rounding dwellers. Furthermore, thecase of motorbike incineration was re-ported to South Kuta Sector Police.Head of the Sector Police Nanang ex-plained that the motif of the incident waspersonal revenge. “The two doers havebeen arrested,” he ended. (kmb21)

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The body of the Division Head of Tranquility, Protocol Affairs, Entertainment and Disputes,Cokorda Raka Vrisa, 45 years old, carried to the Sanglah hospital.

The year’s final Grand Slamtournament commences on theFlushing Meadows hardcourtsMonday with former world numberone Kim Clijsters of Belgium fac-ing Ukraine’s Viktoriya Kutuzova inthe first match at Arthur Ashe Sta-dium.

Clijsters is making her first USOpen appearance since winning the2005 women’s title, her only GrandSlam crown. She returned to thecourt earlier this month after a lay-off of more than two years to start afamily.

Federer, who has won the pastfive US Open men’s titles and hasnot lost at the US Open since thefourth round in 2003, begins hisquest for six in a row against 18-year-old American Devin Britton inthe second match at Ashe.

“Doesn’t matter who you play,where you play. If you think the guyis not going to make a game that’sabsurd,” Federer said. “That’s howtennis is. You have to be very care-ful. I have to make sure I put in a


MADRID - Jamaican sprint kingUsain Bolt is becoming a fan ofSpanish football after watchingReal Madrid’s season-opening winover Deportivo La Coruna on Sat-urday night - but adds ManchesterUnited remain the team for him.

“I support Manchester United in


SYDNEY - French doubleOlympic champion Julien Absalonwill be vying for his fifth world titleat this week’s UCI mountain bikeworld championships in Canberra.

Absalon, 29, who became thefirst rider to defend the men’sOlympic cross country title inBeijing last year, ranks as a giantof the sport as a four-time worldchampion, from 2004 to 2007.

He gets his chance to make itfive in the elite cross country eventin the Stromlo Forest Park circuiton the outskirts of Australia’s na-tional capital.

Absalon kept the gold in Frenchhands for a third straight Olympicswhen he led compatriot Jean-Christophe Peraud and Swiss pairNino Schurter and world championChristoph Sauser home last year.

Sauser, who has 14 World Cupwins and claimed the World Cupchampion title in 2004 and 2005,will be fighting hard to retain theworld crown he won in Val di Sole,Italy, last year.

Spain’s Margarita Fullana is thereigning world champion in thewomen’s elite cross country andwill be defending her title against

Absalon, Sauser battle forworld cross country crown

Olympic champion Sabine Spitzof Germany.

Fullana was denied victory inthe 2007 world championships atFort William, Scotland, when apre-race medical blood screeningrevealed a red blood cell counthigher than acceptable levels.

But she went on to become thecross country world champion lastyear.

Spitz overcame a technicallydifficult course and searing tem-peratures to win the women’sOlympic mountain bike crosscountry gold last year fromPoland’s Maja Wloszczowska andRussian Irina Kalentieva, both inCanberra for the world champi-onships.

Britain’s Gee Atherton is thereigning world champion in thenon-Olympic men’s elite down-hill event, while his sister, Rachel,will not get a chance to chance todefend her women’s world title.

She is recovering from shoul-der surgery after being hit by atruck while training in Californiaearlier this year.

A total of 41 nations will berepresented over six days of com-petition from Tuesday in crosscountry, downhill, 4X and trials.

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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt poses after a press conferenceat the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Sunday Aug. 30,2009. The Jamaican athlete who pulverized the 100 and 200-meter world records in Berlin is visiting Madrid this weekendand will travel to London Monday.

Spaniards pique Bolt interest butUnited remain real deal

the English League. I am now a fanof Real Madrid. (Ruud) vanNistelrooy has always been one ofmy favorites,” said Bolt afterwardsas he met reporters at the Bernabeustadium, an arena which clearlyimpressed him.

“I was very nervous on the pitch,for the first time in my life, I hadnever been there before... the crowd

was overwhelming. I could playfootball, cricket or basket-ball. If Ichange sport, I’ll pick up easily,”said Bolt.

Real chairman Florentino Perezoffered Bolt a model of the stadiumas a gift afterwards.

After the game, Bolt went fordinner with new Real star andformer United kingpin CristianoRonaldo and his family.

Bolt will compete Friday inBrussels before heading home toJamaica before he attends the GrandPrix finale on September 12-13 inSalonika in Greece.

He added he had not yet assessedwhat his calendar would be for 2010though he expects to chase downmore world records, including beat-ing his 100m mark of 9.58, set atthe worlds in Berlin earlier thismonth.

“I want to be a legend in the sportand stay there for a long time,” saidBolt, who revealed his interest infootball stems from playing atschool and high school “as a de-fender or a defensive midfielder.”

Looking ahead he said he intendsto “keep working with my coach onimprovements to run faster. Thisyear we worked on my start and Iimproved a lot in Berlin.”

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Federer, Williams sisters amongFederer, Williams sisters amongFederer, Williams sisters amongFederer, Williams sisters amongFederer, Williams sisters amongUS Open first-day matchesUS Open first-day matchesUS Open first-day matchesUS Open first-day matchesUS Open first-day matchesAgence France Presse

NEW YORK - Reigning US Open champions Roger Federer and Serena Williams will begin defendingtheir titles on Monday as an opening-day match list released Saturday also had Venus Williams and AndyRoddick at night.

good performance.”Federer recalled being shocked

at 17 when he faced Andre Agassiin his hometown of Basel, so he canrelate to Britton’s situation.

“You try to enjoy it, put in a goodfight,” Federer said. “Best-of-five-set match is maybe somethingBritton has never played before, buta good thing in tennis is you alwayshave a chance.”

US fifth seed Andy Roddick’sadvice for Britton was to find waysto help cope with a signature mo-ment on the big stage.

“There’s nothing like going outon that court and playing,” Roddicksaid. “I would him to be sure to havea look around when he walks outon the court, take it all in before yougo start warmup so you don’t catchyourself looking around too much

when you start.”Serena Williams, who won her

11th career Slam title last month atWimbledon, begins her quest for afourth US Open title in the follow-ing match against American AlexaGlatch.

The main court’s night sessionstarts with US third seed VenusWilliams meeting Russia’s VeraDushevina followed by men’s fifthseed Roddick facing Germany’sBjorn Phau.

US Open officials have said theyplan to stage a women’s match af-ter a men’s match at some pointduring the Flushing Meadows fort-night.

Men usually play the latermatches in part because they arebest-of-five compared to the best-of-three on the women’s side.

Serena Williams, right, and Roger Federer, of Switzerland,pose for photographs during a news conference to promotethe U.S. Open tennis tournament on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009

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On that account, when investorswould like to establish tourism facil-ity at their region, they welcome itconvivially and joyously. If farmersreject the intention, they will be per-suaded and given the same hope: ev-erything could be resolved by tourism.

Only a few people think that Balishould be developed harmoniously. Inother words, tourism may reach its ad-vancement, but other sectors like theagriculture should not be neglected,moreover forgotten. Similarly, the pro-tected forest functioning as water res-ervoir, landslide protector and climaticharmonizer should also be given thesame protection as the agriculture andlake. Because, those implementing theequilibrium system consider the tour-ism sector is unable to grow well if notsupported by agricultural sector, pre-served forest, secure environment andguaranteed security. On that account,the endeavor of a number of regencyin Bali that has provided tax subsidy toagricultural sector locating on the greenbelt zone should be given appreciation.

Villa Development Plan at Wangaya Betan

Accelerates the ShiftAccelerates the ShiftAccelerates the ShiftAccelerates the ShiftAccelerates the Shiftof Land’s Functionof Land’s Functionof Land’s Functionof Land’s Functionof Land’s Function

There is an identical line of thinking among the decision makersThere is an identical line of thinking among the decision makersThere is an identical line of thinking among the decision makersThere is an identical line of thinking among the decision makersThere is an identical line of thinking among the decision makersin Bali. They believe tourism is everything. By the advancement ofin Bali. They believe tourism is everything. By the advancement ofin Bali. They believe tourism is everything. By the advancement ofin Bali. They believe tourism is everything. By the advancement ofin Bali. They believe tourism is everything. By the advancement oftourism they could resolve every single problem, whether it is thetourism they could resolve every single problem, whether it is thetourism they could resolve every single problem, whether it is thetourism they could resolve every single problem, whether it is thetourism they could resolve every single problem, whether it is thepoverty, unemployment or regional revenue. In short, everythingpoverty, unemployment or regional revenue. In short, everythingpoverty, unemployment or regional revenue. In short, everythingpoverty, unemployment or regional revenue. In short, everythingpoverty, unemployment or regional revenue. In short, everythingcould be resolved by tourism.could be resolved by tourism.could be resolved by tourism.could be resolved by tourism.could be resolved by tourism.

However, a question thenarises:”Do you think the agricultureexisting beyond the green belt zone isunimportant?” It is uncertain becausethe fertile land could assure for theavailability of adequate food. There-fore, it is expected that the shift ofland’s function could not be undertakento such fertile land like that intendedfor hotel, villa or other tourism-relatedbuildings. Because, the developmentof villa or hotel at the agricultural areawill accelerate the transfer of land’sfunction like that happened at WangayaBetan Hamlet, Mangesta, Penebel,Tabanan. However, today it only takes18 hectares of land, but there is a pos-sibility the area will be followed byother supporting facilities such as artsshop, restaurant and other promisingfacilities. Economically, the existenceof the project may be advantageous,aside from absorbing the labor force,it also enables to create new livelihoodfor the surrounding community andadditional hotel & restaurant tax. How-ever, this matter will have a bad im-

pact on the environment where the villais established posing an agriculturalzone that will accelerate the transfer ofland’s function and threat the wateravailability. Stagnancy of villa devel-opment at Wangaya Betan is also wor-ried to result in the same fate as otherinvestment that only divided the landand neglected it. Regency Governmentof Tabanan has not given explanationto what extent the investor would begiven time by the Regent. The TabananRegent, Adi Wiryatama, lately admit-ted to recall the investor in order hecould re-affirm about the continuity ofsuch development.

One of the resource persons said thatthere has been a communication be-tween the regent and investor. How-ever, it has not been known yet the at-titude of regency government on thestagnancy of such villa development.Such 18-hectare land released by in-vestor to build a resort and center forhealthcare at Wangaya Betan,Mengesta Village, Penebel remainedunclear up to these days. It did not in-dicate any signs of development projectthough initial work ceremony has beenundertaken. The investor denoting aconsortium of 13 countries seems tofind no obstacles as it has had principlepermit from the Tabanan Regent. (upi) (upi) (upi) (upi) (upi)

Bali PostDenpasar - Public Relation Manager of Aston International, T.

Marlene Frans, accompanied by Sales Coordinator of Aston Kuta,Ingrid Mega, made a visit to the office of Bali Post in Denpasar,Friday August 28th 2009.

Marlene explained her mission to establish a relationship tomass media in Bali, especially the media under the flagship ofBali Post Media Group (KMB) to develop together the tourismsector in Bali.

She also added that Aston Hotel networks existing in Bali allthe times attempts to meet the prevailing requirements and regu-lations in Bali. They were received by the editorial board of BaliPost, International Bali Post, Bali Travel News, Advertising De-partment and Circulation Department. (kmb) (kmb) (kmb) (kmb) (kmb)

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Bali PostSingaraja — Having afflicted a customer of BCA in Ubud, a

robbery act by tire deflating also occurred in Buleleng. AgusMulyadnya, a dweller of Antapura Hamlet, Tejakula Village/subdistrict. was robbed on Jalan Raya of Pemaron Village, Bulelengand he suffered from a loss worth IDR 30 million where the moneywas just withdrawn from Bank BRI of Singaraja Branch.

Spokesperson of Buleleng Resort Police, I Made Sudirsa, Fri-day August 28th 2009 stated that the incident occurred at noon,Thursday August 27th 2009. The incident started when the victimwithdrew his money from BRI of Singaraja Branch around 12:00Local Time. In the passage from the bank, the tire of L300 vehiclewith police number DK 9826 UA he drove got flat tire when ar-rived at road of Pemaron Village. There, the victim replaced therear flat tire.

When he replaced it, he suddenly heard shouts of stealing fromdwellers at his surrounding. Having checked, the door’s lock ofhis car has been damaged and the money put in the car has van-ished. Due to such robbery, he suffered a loss amounting to IDR30 million. Except for taking the money, the robber also broughtalong a Bank BRI deposit book under the name of Putu Kencana.Up to yesterday, the doer remained to be investigated by the appa-ratus of Criminal Researcher Unit of Buleleng Resort Police.(kmb15)(kmb15)(kmb15)(kmb15)(kmb15)

Tire Deflating RobberyTakes Action in Buleleng

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The Hindus conducted purification ritual or “melukat” in Tirta Empul, Gianyar, on Sunday,August 30th 2009.

And a game of high drama endedon a note of even greater controversywith Arsenal manager ArseneWenger dismissed for his protesta-tions that Robin van Persie’s 95th-minute effort had been ruled out be-cause of an offside decision againstWilliams Gallas.

Wenger had earlier seen his goal-keeper Manuel Almunia controver-sially adjudged to have brought downRooney in the 57th minute, a deci-sion that did not please the visitors,especially when the England forwarddusted himself down and scored theresulting kick.

The visitors had had their owndecent first half appeal turned downand their mood worsened in the 63rdminute when United took the leadthrough Diaby’s own goal.

Ryan Giggs’ right-wing free-kickwas aimed at Rooney but Diaby bi-zarrely leapt to head past Almuniafrom six yards out.

Wenger’s team had been full valuefor the lead until that point afterAndrey Arshavin struck in the 40thminute with a quite exceptional fin-ish, moments after he had been de-nied what looked a clear penalty byreferee Mike Dean following a chal-lenge from Darren Fletcher.

Perhaps the midweek incident in-volving Arsenal striker Eduardo,

Diaby’s ownDiaby’s ownDiaby’s ownDiaby’s ownDiaby’s owngoal giftsgoal giftsgoal giftsgoal giftsgoal giftsUnited victoryUnited victoryUnited victoryUnited victoryUnited victoryover Arsenalover Arsenalover Arsenalover Arsenalover Arsenal Agence France Presse

MANCHESTER - A week of penalty controversies continuedMANCHESTER - A week of penalty controversies continuedMANCHESTER - A week of penalty controversies continuedMANCHESTER - A week of penalty controversies continuedMANCHESTER - A week of penalty controversies continuedfor Arsenal at Old Trafford as Wayne Rooney scored a crucialfor Arsenal at Old Trafford as Wayne Rooney scored a crucialfor Arsenal at Old Trafford as Wayne Rooney scored a crucialfor Arsenal at Old Trafford as Wayne Rooney scored a crucialfor Arsenal at Old Trafford as Wayne Rooney scored a crucialequaliser from the spot before Abou Diaby’s own goal gaveequaliser from the spot before Abou Diaby’s own goal gaveequaliser from the spot before Abou Diaby’s own goal gaveequaliser from the spot before Abou Diaby’s own goal gaveequaliser from the spot before Abou Diaby’s own goal gaveManchester United a 2-1 victory over the Gunners on Saturday.Manchester United a 2-1 victory over the Gunners on Saturday.Manchester United a 2-1 victory over the Gunners on Saturday.Manchester United a 2-1 victory over the Gunners on Saturday.Manchester United a 2-1 victory over the Gunners on Saturday.

guilty of a blatant dive which won apenalty decision in the ChampionsLeague game against Celtic, wasweighing upon the subconscious ofthe official. For there was no other ex-planation why Fletcher’s crude slid-ing foul on Arshavin should havegone unpunished, not that the Russianforward spent too long mulling overthe injustice of the decision.

Within seconds, Denilson playeda neat, short pass that Arshavin col-lected midway in the United half and,with the defence inexplicably back-ing away, the Arsenal man was al-lowed to advance to the edge of thehome area before unleashing a fan-tastically judged shot into the left-hand side of the goal.

It was an effort that was just re-ward for a period of superior Arsenalpossession and play following a cau-tious opening from both teams.

Fletcher should have done betterafter 10 minutes when an intelligentpass from Rooney put him clear un-marked on the penalty spot only forthe midfield man to hurry his attemptover the bar. Arsenal should havescored the opening goal when skip-per van Persie missed a golden chancein the 24th minute, taking EmmanuelEboue’s pass in his stride but delay-ing and allowing Patrice Evra to blockhis eventual shot.

AP Photo/Jon Super

Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney, left, fights for the ball against Arsenal’s Thomas Vermaelen,right, during their English Premier League soccer match at Old Trafford Stadium, Manchester,England, Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009.


ROME - Champions InterMilan claimed derby honours byhammering city rivals AC Milan4-0 after Gennaro Gattuso wassent off in the first half.

Milan, and Gattuso in particu-lar, self-destructed in spectacu-lar fashion during a 10-minutefirst half period in a match thatsuggests the loss of Kaka to RealMadrid has hit the red and blackhalf of the city harder than theythought.

Thiago Motta scored his firstgoal for Inter and fellow new-re-cruit from Genoa Diego Militoadded a penalty before Brazilianfull-back Maicon’s strike had allbut ended the contest by half time.

Serbian Dejan Stankovic’s sec-ond half rocket put the gloss onan accomplished performance ascoach Leonardo suffered a mis-erable first derby in charge ofMilan.

Inter coach Jose Mourinhogave a debut to Dutch attackingmidfielder Wesley Sneijder fol-lowing his move from Real.

He showed his worth on sixminutes, testing Milan goalkeeper

Champions Inter hand four-goalmauling to 10-man Milan

Marco Storari with a curling effortfrom outside the box.

On 13 minutes Ronaldinho shouldhave done better when teed up byPato but after skying his shot milesoff target and falling over in the pro-cess, the Brazilian tried claiming apenalty despite there being no con-tact from Stankovic when he trippedover his own feet.

Milan looked lively at that time butthe first goal on 29 minutes changedeverything.

It came from a sweeping teammove on the edge of the Milan boxas Motta fed Samuel Eto’o, whoshifted the ball on to Milito before theArgentine played the ball behind thebackline where Motta, who had con-tinued his forward run, unchecked byeither Mathieu Flamini or MarekJankulovski, curled a shot beyondStorari. Six minutes later and Milanfell to pieces.

From a Milan free-kick Inter brokeat pace with Maicon lumping a longball down the line for Eto’o to chase.The Cameroon forward skinnedGattuso who slung his arm around theInter man’s neck and hauled him downinside the box for a clear professionalfoul.

Inexplicably the referee only

showed Gattuso a yellow card butMilito exacted adequate punish-ment by smashing his penaltyhome, straight down the middle.

Captain Gattuso had already sig-nalled to the bench that he wantedto come off before the goal but hisattempts to leave the field werehampered as substitute ClarenceSeedorf wasn’t ready.

Play continued and on 40 min-utes Gattuso hacked downSneijder, earning a second yellowbefore Seedorf had a chance to en-ter the fray.

Gattuso was irate and blasted hisbench as he trudged off, leaving histeam a man down.

To add insult to injury, Maiconscored a third on the stroke of half-time after a one-two with Milito asFlamini once again failed to tracka forward run.

Stankovic’s howitzer from 25yards halfway through the secondperiod was the final nail in Milan’scoffin but tellingly, the nominalhosts at the San Siro — a groundthe two teams share — had a handin their own downfall as AndreaPirlo failed to close down theSerbian, giving him time and spaceto pick his spot.

Agence France PresseLONDON - Arsenal manager

Arsene Wenger is set to receive an apol-ogy from Premier League referees chiefKeith Hackett following his dismissalin Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to ManchesterUnited.

League Managers Association chiefexecutive Richard Bevan has spokento Hackett about the Old Trafford in-cident which saw Wenger sent to thestands by referee Mike Dean on theadvice of fourth official Lee Probert.

And he has been told that Wengerwill receive an apology from the Pre-mier Game Match Officials Boardwhich appoints officials to top-flightgames in England.

The Gunners boss caught Probert’s

Wenger to receive apologyafter United dismissal

attention when he kicked an empty wa-ter bottle down the touchline followinga disallowed goal for Arsenal in the fi-nal minutes.

On the decision to penalise Wenger,Bevan said: “Although correct in ‘law’,it was completely out of context in thegame and it was followed by the non-sense which followed over whereArsene Wenger should sit.

“I’ve spoken to Keith Hackett andhe fully recognises the situation was anerror and an apology will follow toArsene Wenger.

“Lee Probert totally failed to man-age the situation and created a need-less pressure point taking the focusaway from the pitch in a big event withonly a minute to go.

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Denpasar – Tight security applied during the establishmentDenpasar – Tight security applied during the establishmentDenpasar – Tight security applied during the establishmentDenpasar – Tight security applied during the establishmentDenpasar – Tight security applied during the establishmentceremony of Bali House Representative members for 2009ceremony of Bali House Representative members for 2009ceremony of Bali House Representative members for 2009ceremony of Bali House Representative members for 2009ceremony of Bali House Representative members for 2009through 2014 period on Sunday August 30through 2014 period on Sunday August 30through 2014 period on Sunday August 30through 2014 period on Sunday August 30through 2014 period on Sunday August 30ththththth 2009. Hundreds 2009. Hundreds 2009. Hundreds 2009. Hundreds 2009. Hundredsof police officers were on guard in the area. The participantsof police officers were on guard in the area. The participantsof police officers were on guard in the area. The participantsof police officers were on guard in the area. The participantsof police officers were on guard in the area. The participantswere being searched thoroughly before entering the building.were being searched thoroughly before entering the building.were being searched thoroughly before entering the building.were being searched thoroughly before entering the building.were being searched thoroughly before entering the building.

There were two examination postsduring the ceremony, started from theyard and entering the main building.Two metal detector doors placed ineach posts. There were approximately400 participants took part in the cer-

emony which establish 55 members ofBali House of Representative.

The ceremony started with “mejaya-jaya” ritual which is the symbol of pu-rification in the local temple.

“PutraRomo”

skipperestablishedas suspect

Denpasar – Based on the inves-tigation conducted by Bali MarinePolice, evidences show that thecarelessness of the skipper of“Putra Romo” boat also contributedin the accident. The “Putra Romo”boat was sinking in Bali strait ap-proximately 5 miles from TriBhuwana Kusamba harbor inKlungkung on Wednesda, August26th 2009.

Gde Sugianyar Dwi Putra, thespokesman of Bali Police Depart-ment, said that from the investiga-tion, the police had established theskipper of “Putra Romo” boat, IKadek Geria, as a supect.

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The member of Bali House of Representative was established on Sunday, August 30th 2009.

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Klungkung – a member of the Search and Rescue Team coor-dinate with his partner in search of the missing victims of the“Putra Romo” boat which sink on Badung strait on Thursday,August 27th 2009.

The former world champion startssixth for today’s race behind pole-sitter Giancarlo Fisichella, JarnoTrulli, Nick Heidfeld, RubensBarrichello and Robert Kubica. Ofthose drivers only Barrichello hasbeen a consistent front-runner andwon the last race at Valencia.

In addition to this, Raikkonen’sis the only car in the top ten equippedwith KERS, which could prove adistinct advantage on the run out of

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Belgium -Kimi Raikkonen believes the unexpected grid for theBelgium -Kimi Raikkonen believes the unexpected grid for theBelgium -Kimi Raikkonen believes the unexpected grid for theBelgium -Kimi Raikkonen believes the unexpected grid for theBelgium -Kimi Raikkonen believes the unexpected grid for theBelgian Grand Prix could present him with the opportunity to takeBelgian Grand Prix could present him with the opportunity to takeBelgian Grand Prix could present him with the opportunity to takeBelgian Grand Prix could present him with the opportunity to takeBelgian Grand Prix could present him with the opportunity to takeFerrari’s first win of 2009.Ferrari’s first win of 2009.Ferrari’s first win of 2009.Ferrari’s first win of 2009.Ferrari’s first win of 2009.

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Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland reactsat the end of the third free practice ahead of Belgium’s For-mula One Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps circuit , Belgium,Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009.

Belgium - Mercedes-Benz ishoping to reveal its customer engineplans for 2010 at the Italian GrandPrix, amid mounting speculationthat a deal to supply Red Bull Rac-ing has now been agreed.

AUTOSPORT revealed in Aprilthat Red Bull Racing was chasing asupply of Mercedes-Benz enginesfor next year, once its current con-tract with Renault comes to an endlater this season.

It is understood that Red BullRacing’s recent engine problemshave accelerated the moves towardsMercedes-Benz, with an announce-ment on the outcome of those nego-tiations expected imminently.

A Mercedes-Benz deal with RedBull Racing would mean McLaren’sengine partner supplying four teamsin total next year - as Brawn GP andForce India will also receive cus-tomer units.

Mercedes-Benz motorsport bossNorbert Haug told AUTOSPORTthat he could not reveal the detailsof any discussions that his car manu-facturer was having, but said newswould come at the Italian GP in a

Mercedes to sort engine plans by Monzafortnight’s time.

“I definitely will not mention anyteam names,” he explained. “Theseare confidential negotiations, and Ihope by Monza we know everything- so that is a fortnight away. Every-thing should be finalised by then.

“We have talked to various teams,more than one team, and I would likesome understanding that these areconfidential discussions so I cannottalk about it any more.”

F1’s regulations stipulate that anymanufacturer supplying more thantwo teams in F1 needs special dispen-sation from the FIA. Haug confirmedthat his company had received suchapproval to supply four teams.

“We have that in writing, and Ithink the FIA is very interested in amanufacturer who helps in this situ-ation,” he explained. “There are notso many who would jump in and vol-unteer and would want more than onecustomer team, but you have to havethe logistics, you have to have the ca-pacity and you need to build it up.

“We could not have done it twoyears ago, but all in all we build halfthe engines for four teams including

rebuilding that we did for our ownteam two years ago. This is a big, bigefficiency programme. It also helpsrefinancing, but you need to be ab-solutely very lean. I am not surewhether everyone could do that.”

Red Bull Racing team principalChristian Horner said earlier in theBelgian GP weekend that his teamwas close to making a final decisionabout its plans - and that recent en-gine problems would not be the onlyfactor in what his team did.

“We’re obviously in a positionwhere, as an independent team, wehave a choice of engine,” he said.“We’ve been very, very happy withthe supply that we’ve had fromRenault for the last three years.

“Any decision that will be made,will be made not on the outcome of asingle weekend but based on what webelieve offers us the best opportunityof performance and relationship forthe future.

“We haven’t made any firm deci-sions yet, but we’re obviously near-ing a time when we need to make acommitment for next year.”gium,Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009.

La Source on lap one.“It would be stupid to say that I

don’t believe [we can win],” he saidafter qualifying on Saturday. “Weare here to win races, so it is not abig surprise. Yeah, probably wehave a better chance with this kindof grid than one with Red Bulls andBrawns and other teams at the front.“So I think there will be quite a lotof changes at the front tomorrow.”

Raikkonen added that sixth on the

grid was all that was possible fromthe F60 at Spa, but that he expectedthe car to perform better on a heavyfuel load.

“I don’t think we could go muchfaster,” he said. “This is probablythe maximum that we can get, youcan easily see the lap times in lowfuel - we are always a bit behind -but it helps us when we put a bitmore fuel in the car.

“For tomorrow’s race it is defi-nitely looking different to normal,so I think it looks like a more openrace situation than usual. So we willsee what we can do.”

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